Arab Christians Reference

Submitted by Shakeel Faiz (Pakistan), Feb 11, 2007 at 13:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Christians

Sorry for disappointing you, I could not find any external reference to support my quote, because I mistakenly used Saudi Arabia instead of Arabia. By Arabia, I mean the Arabian Peninsula at the time of Prophet Muhammad.

Arabian Peninsula where no idol worshiping is allowed, still has more than million Christians

The Hadith you read is true, Prophet ordered his followers not to let any other religion be practiced openly in Arabian Peninsula.

Prophet gave this order only for Arabian Peninsula not for other lands because he had only preached Islam inside it.

In other words, if Prophet were able to preach on any other land outside Arabian peninsula in his lifetime, then that land were also be included in the above Hadith.

In all other lands that do not fall inside Arabian Peninsula, any religion can be practiced openly and Islam does not forbid it.

In short, this restriction is only for Arabian Peninsula.

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