Do Muslim Countires have freedom of Religion?

[chowder]

@cerberus

The religious freedom bit in Western nations isn’t a feature of Christianity, but rather a consequence of the separation of church and state in the Western nations. This followed in part from the Reformation, which broke the exclusive power of the Roman Catholic Church, and the formation of a bazillion Protestant sects, which diluted the ability of the Christian church to leverage political control.

Add to that mix the Renaissance, and the Age of Enlightenment, and you have the evolution of a political/state model that divorces the religious control of governments: that is, the idea of a modern secular government is a Western idea.

Yep quite right there my friend.

Obviously I need to take more water with it :smack:

[LonesomePolecat]

@carnivorousplant

I thought “Peple of the Book” refered to Jews, Christians and the common Torah/Old Testament heritage.

As I understand it, Zoroaster is considered one of the line of prophets who preceded Mohammed, which makes Zoroastrians one of the protected/tolerated faiths. “People of the book” may have been a bad choice of words.