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It seems the Taliban has demanded that Pope Benedict XVI force all Christians to stop spreading their faith in Afghanistan. In fact, they threatened both the Pope and all Christians (who, for their information aren't all Catholics) with "harsh reprisals" if they didn't stop proselytizing.
In a message on their official website they proclaim
Religious leaders and mujahadeen (holy warriors) must keep tabs on the movements of "enemies of Islam" and crusader occupiers" and prevent them from spreading "the propaganda of other religions in the land of Islam," the message said.Oh really? It's perfectly fine for Muslims to proselytize but definitely not okay for any other religions to do the same thing? This is what I call the height of hypocrisy, telling others they can't do something that you have no problem doing yourself.
Perhaps, all Judeo/Christian nations should do the same thing. Threaten Muslims if they try and spread their faith in Christian lands. I wonder how they would respond to that?
And what about forced conversions that seem to be so prevalent under Islam? Take 14-year-old Pakistani Shah Taj, a young Christian girl who was abducted by several men and then raped by one of them, Mikael, and later forced to sign her name to Islamic conversion and marriage documents.
Apparently,
“The forced conversion of a non-Muslim minor to Islam is a trend that is spiralling out of control, especially since the recent imposition of Sharia law and the increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan.”And in an article written back in 2007, in the U.K.'s Daily Mail Online, "extremist Muslims" in Britain are targeting teenage Hindu and Sikh females who are then terrorised into converting to Islam.
If Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, as Muslims proudly proclaim, it's not being done without some form of proselytizing, or sharing of the faith.
I firmly believe in freedom of religion, and find any form of aggressive proselytizing frankly distasteful, whatever religion happens to use those tactics; but if you are going to condemn another religion for "spreading the faith" then you damn well better not do it yourself!
