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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Muslim here. Why aren't you comfortable with it? What's the concern? [/quote]

As in I'm muslim and don't believe Jesus is son of God. Will it be against my faith to attend a church service where he will be referred to as such?[/quote]

Just saw this--PP who lived in the Middle East.  Many Muslims these days have become hyper zealous in ways that never existed in the past.

In the Middle East for centuries people participated in the religious ceremonies of the other.  These range from weddings and funerals to ceremonies to pray for rain and ordinations to the priesthood.  I know of a place where the custom is for the Muslim head of a tribe allied to a Christian tribe to put the head covering on the head of one of the latter when he is being ordained as a priest.  Among the Muslim and Christian tribes with deep and old relationships, the Muslims would attend the baptism and first communion services as well.

Christian families visit Muslim families on their eids to give their greetings, and Muslim do the same for Christians on Christmas and Easter.  At Easter, Muslims give Christians the traditional greeting, "The Messiah has risen."  Muslims believe that Jesus didn't die but was taken into heaven like Elijah, so saying this is okay even though the Christians put a different spin on it.

One of the sadder aspects of the Middle East today is that these very old traditions of people of different faiths living together in peace and respect that could set an example for many parts of the world today are being torn apart.[/quote]

Yes! They used to be icons of tolerance, even having christian wives. I think one of the men from the old moghul muslim dynasty that built the taj mahal had a wife in every religion to prove his tolerance! I agree it is sad to see it go (not multiple wives, but the tolerance). [/quote]

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