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Not submitting to Islam is disrespectful towards Islam since Islam's mandate is to make the whole world submit to Allah. Why do you want to prevent Muslims from achieving their religious goals?
I am of course a Christian of the Church of the Augsburg Confession, and I believe Jesus is the long expected Jewish Messiah, and the Son of God, but I am against needless, intentional disrespect of others beliefs. My Lutheran faith does not require crosses in places of Christian worship, even if I desire it and it is a pious tradition, it is not required or essential to our faith.
A concession to Muslims is just that, an act of kindness, it is not assent to the tenets of the Islamic faith. It means that I honor them in their human needs, including their religious needs to worship God. It does not mean I, myself, believe in Islam.
There is a basic Law-Gospel distinction that other Christians do not usually understand and I believe it is clouding your sense of ethics. I am not required to try to make people Christians or to believe in Jesus, or to force my religion on anyone. Only God the Holy Spirit makes Christians. As much as possible, I am commanded by God to live in peace with all people. If having a nonsectarian chapel in a port city facilitates that, I don't see the problem.
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