Can Islam co exist with non Muslims

[AhmedSyed]

But in some Islamic countries, e.g Saudie Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, non Muslims are treated like second class citizens. If this teaching does not come from the Qu'ran, you telll me, where does it come from ?

They might, I don't know, I left Pakistan when I was 6.

But even if they were, it cannot be Islam's fault. It is the fault of the followers who commit such atroucious acts.

it doesn't seem like Islam can accept free thought.

And what would make you say that?

Look at the conflict around the world is it really christianity against Islam ? Or is it really Islam against the rest of the world ?

Habib, first of all. Islam can't be held responsible for what its followers do. What if I held Christianity for what happend to the Jews in the pogroms (attacks made on Jewish villages). Is that justice? Is it fair for me to hold the religion accountable?

If you look at what the west went through in order to become this great empire it is now, you'll see that it had to defeat the muslim empires along the way. It is fight that has been going on for centuries.

Islam isn't the problem here, its HUMANS. We are the bloodsheders, not Islam (which teaches us to control our anger and to use the sword only when our lifes are in certain danger).

Habib, I strongly urge you to make a new thread in which you can post all the verses in the Quran that you have a question about.

That way, we can take it one at a time.