RE: Where is the acceptance and tolerance for Christians??
You say that christians are rejected because of their faith while muslims are not. I do not believe this to be the case. I think people support the freedom to be muslim, just like people support others' rights to be christian, jewish, buddhist or any other faith. I am an atheist and I have several christian friends and many of them are great people, but the fact remains that we have underlying differences in our beliefs, and that will always act as a sort of wall between us. I fully support peoples' right to follow whichever faith they choose, but certain religions, as I see it, promote ignorance. Don't get me wrong, some aspects of religion are great. However, the fact remains that Christianity, and other religions, have a different view on many issues, such as same sex marriage and even evolution than I do, and this huge difference of opinion on matters close to heart will no matter what drive a wedge between religious and non-religious people. This goes for christians as well as muslims.
So I don't think people are more or less accepting og Islam than Christianity, I think people simply aim to protect the freedom to be muslim. What you view as acceptance, I view as an attempt to safeguard a democratic right that is threatened in today's political climate.
Thanks for such a thoughtful response georgjespersen, yes you are right the underlying differences in our beliefs will always drive a wedge, it is inevitable however in my country in particular and within the culture of my particular area it certainly seems that Christians are automatically shunned whilst tolerance is implied towards any other belief system by most and in particular the far left seem to tolerate anything and everything else bar Christianity which just seems contradictory to me, although I am aware that contradictions can be present in any school of thought including Christianity. Just venting my observations and frustrations really and ultimately hopeful that I can remain at peace with my friends with different viewpoints to my own as there are many things that we do share in common and many things that I both value and respect about my non Christian friends.