only Islam

[claymore]

Does Islam acknowledge the right of other religions to be taught and followed?

[jake-the-peg]

Depends - it is a bit picky about them

Judeaism and Christianity are accorded respect as being "of the book" and in the middle ages when Jews were acused of blood sacrifices and murdered and driven out of Britain they were allowed to live freely in the Muslim world.

However there is a less happy history with religions that are polytheistic like Hinduism and they see Ba'haism as a herasy and there was systematic persecution of Zoroastrians for a long time including during this Muslim golden age

[boxtops]

Agree with Jake - they acknowledge the other Abrahamic faiths as being legitimate, but in Arab countries those followers can only practice privately and not try to preach or convert. Having just come back from Morocco, that's a Muslim countty which has got it about right for many many years - Jewish and Christian communities coexist again with the Muslim majority. Many people fled to Morocco from the Inquisition in Spain so that's maybe the reason there. So the short answer to Claymore is Yes, we share prophets in many instances across all three religions - but the way the other faiths are actually dealt with in different national cultures varies from easy tolerance to the other extreme.

[123everton]

Christianity is on state hesyllabus (for Christians) in Syria but then again Syria has a secular government.

[keyplus90]

Muhammad (pbuh) welcomed Jew and Christian visitors inside the mosque in Madina and also allowed them to worship the way they wanted there. So that is Islamic stance. Few Muslim countries do not allow open preaching (Saudi Arab is the only one I can think of) and they have their reasons.

I was born in Pakistan and studied at a Church school. At time of assembly we used to read from Quran as well as Bible.

[wildwood]

Christianity, as a religion, is not happy either if you look the other way. Google the first of the 10 Commandments.

[beso]

Exactly Wildwood.

Even the most conciliatory of Christians who claim to appreciate the wisdom of other faiths still insist on "salvation ONLY through Jesus Christ".

Bigotry unlimited.