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I am glad for both you & your boyfriend, & whilst this may be true to a certain degree in the west how do we overlook the fact that the closer one gets to a full Islamic society, with the majority of a countries populace being muslims, how do we account that this tolerance in the most generally disappears & Jews, Christians etc, are not so well recieved? If Islam is tolerant of other religions how is it that a large proportion of Islamic states forbid the building of any churches, synagogs or other places of worship? Are these so caled Islamic extremists really taking the Qur'an out of context when they call for a holy jihad against non-muslims?
If in this modern day and age Islam at heart IS a religion of peace then why do we not see this not only reflected in a reduction in terrorist attacks that it perpatrates against non muslims, but also against their fellow brothers & sisters too?
Well, I don't know boatloads about the Middle East, but from what I can tell, I think it has more to do with the culture of those Middle Eastern countries than with Islam itself.