Why is it that every point is answered "yeah, but Christians do it worse"? Not very productive.
Only because I believe Christians should remove the plank from their own eyes before they denounce other religions for their specks.
That's my point. Why do Muslims feel pressured to adopt Arab cultural practices?
Not all of them do, but the ones who do imagine they are following the example of the Prophet. Personally, I think they are missing the point. I think it is the moral example of the Prophet which is to be followed, not his cultural practices. Cleanliness is a virtue but just because the Prophet used a siwaq to clean his teeth shouldn't mean that Woodrow can't use a toothbrush.
Nah, not buying it. Even Sunday school kids know the Bible is best understood in the original languages.
LOL. Not where I live. I significant portion of the Christians who live here in the deep South see the King James Version as the inerrant Word of God.
Bingo. Exactly. It is the fault of their religion, as I understand it. Their religion has imperialism built into it. NT Christianity doesn't. That's how I understand it.
Except Islam doesn't have imperialism built into it. Muhammad took up arms to protect his community, not to conquer other peoples. But the Christians who launched the Voyages of Discovery leading to the conquest of America most saw their voyages as a continuation of the Crusades.
Secondly, if "Muslims" complain about Western Imperialism, that's fine. It's allowed and even good. No one is forcing them to use the benefits of it
There is no benefit to Western Imperialism. Western technology is an entirely different matter.
LOL. We've had media campaigns in a limited sort of way. Didn't prove all that effective.
"The sword of a virtuous character and upright conduct is sharper than blades of steel." Baha'u'llah
"Not by the force of numbers, not by the mere exposition of a set of new and noble principles, not by an organized campaign of teachingno matter how worldwide and elaborate in its characternot even by the staunchness of our faith or the exaltation of our enthusiasm, can we ultimately hope to vindicate in the eyes of a critical and skeptical age the supreme claim of the Abhá Revelation. One thing and only one thing will unfailingly and alone secure the undoubted triumph of this sacred Cause, namely, the extent to which our own inner life and private character mirror forth in their manifold aspects the splendor of those eternal principles proclaimed by Baháulláh." Shoghi Effendi
There is a Baha'i scripture wherein Baha'u'llah states:
"Behold, O Dhabih, the works which God, the Sovereign Truth, hath wrought. Say thou: How great, how very great, is the power of His might that encompasseth all worlds! Exalted, immeasurably exalted, is His detachment above the reach and ken of the entire creation! Glorified, glorified be his meekness--a meekness that hath melted the hearts of them that have been brought nigh unto God!"
What is most striking about this passage, however, is the way in which it ties together contradictories. What is exalted about the works amal of the True One Haq is His detachment and meekness. And it is that power "which encompasseth all the worlds." The term translated as meekness here is mazulmatiya which denotes not simply humility but being wronged, of being innocent. The root word here, zulm denotes oppression, it is the opposite of 'adl or justice. Baha'u'llah makes the astounding assertion then that the Exaltation of God Himself lies in His having subjected Himself through the Manifestation to abasement, oppression and suffering. It is within this context that Baha'u'llah goes on to say: "Reflect a while, and consider how they who are the loved ones of God must conduct themselves, and to what heights they must soar." It is through the Manifestation that God Himself participates in the suffering of the oppressed and expects us to emulate Him in that participation.
"It behooveth, likewise, the loved ones of God to be forbearing towards their fellow-men, and to be so sanctified and detached from all things, and to entice such sincerity and fairness, that all the peoples of the earth may recognize them as the trustees of God amongst men."