So you then agree, that the Christians had to acknowledge their own heretics, albeit even taking longer than 200 years.
Acknowledge? As in...
accept that they existed? Well, they
accepted that these people existed, and then they
acted to remedy that. Throughout most of history they
acted by burning, slaughtering, punishing these "heretics". So I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you asking whether "Christians" have embraced these heretics? Well, I don't know. Let's ask the Ugandan government? We could also ask the mostly Catholic Latin American countries where being gay is enough to get you killed. We could also ask many witch hunters in Africa how they feel about 'heretics'. We don't even have to look too far to see that even in the 20th century countries with Christian majorities
were still engaging in some of the same anti-heretic policies of the past. Let's face it, Hitler's final solution
was a worthy heir to Christendom's
pogroms. So in short, the answer will be that yes, they accept that these people exist, but that's entirely irrelevant to what they decide to do about the heretics after. Some Christians countries ignore, others pass laws making their actions punishable by death.
Islam is a politically motivated religion to.....What makes them any different than any other religion when it comes to their own hijacking their religion? Are they special? Do they get a pass because they cry out.....I am Muslim, I did not know?
Are the heretics of Islam doing what the Christians did? Expansion into new lands.....check. Subjugation of those around them.....check. Destruction of other Cultures and ways of life.....check. Has the Leadership of Islam been challenged?
Which says nothing of their Sectarian divide......that leads to killing and subjugation of all other Arabs. Thats by Both Sunni and Shia.....there is no difference in Sharia Law for them. Which is where the politics comes in and the US mistake in trying to play both sides.
Now that the problem of heretics can be identified in today's day and age.....What is taking the Muslims so long to figure it out?
None of this has any relevance to what I stated. My general question was about why Muslims were expected to do something that Christians weren't. That being
deal with their bad apples on a personal level. Can you tell me why you expect the functionally illiterate masses in the Muslim world to deal with an issue they may not even be aware of? Why does a fellah in Morocco have to deal with Islamic terrorism when he may not even
read a newspaper for weeks? Why does a student in Nigeria have to drop whatever he's doing to fight terrorism and make people in the West feel better?