Part translation of an article by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB. As the translation is mine I apologise and ask for forgiveness for any unintended mistakes or inaccuracies.
"Islam has strongly advocated for showing tolerance and kindness to non-Muslims. Especially for non-Muslim minorities who live in a Muslim country the protection of their lives, their assets, their respect and dignity, and their rights, has been made obligatory for the government of that Muslim country. It is also obligatory that not only they have full autonomy to practice their own religion, but they should also enjoy equal opportunities in terms of employments, education, and receiving justice. They should be treated with kindness and respect. In fact Sharia scholars have stressed this point to the extent that they have written that if someone called a non-Muslim as "you Kafir" which hurt his feelings then the person who did this would have committed a sin.
The Holy Quran says that; "Allah (SWT) does not forbid you that those people who have not fought wars with you on the matter of religion, and have not ousted you from your homes, you treat them with kindness and justice. Certainly Allah (SWT) likes people who are just." On this basis the books of Ahadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him), Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), and Islamic history are full of injunctions and encouragement to Muslims to treat non-Muslims with tolerance, kindness and equality of human rights. But tolerance, kindness and justice do not extend to obliterating differences in religious beliefs and practices, in that to demonstrate tolerance Muslims start participating in other religions' purely faith-based customs and practices, or that they show solidarity by adopting their religious customs and practices as their (Muslims') own. The clear guidance provided by Islam in this regard is, "your religion for you, my religion for me"...
"Islam has strongly advocated for showing tolerance and kindness to non-Muslims. Especially for non-Muslim minorities who live in a Muslim country the protection of their lives, their assets, their respect and dignity, and their rights, has been made obligatory for the government of that Muslim country. It is also obligatory that not only they have full autonomy to practice their own religion, but they should also enjoy equal opportunities in terms of employments, education, and receiving justice. They should be treated with kindness and respect. In fact Sharia scholars have stressed this point to the extent that they have written that if someone called a non-Muslim as "you Kafir" which hurt his feelings then the person who did this would have committed a sin.
The Holy Quran says that; "Allah (SWT) does not forbid you that those people who have not fought wars with you on the matter of religion, and have not ousted you from your homes, you treat them with kindness and justice. Certainly Allah (SWT) likes people who are just." On this basis the books of Ahadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him), Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence), and Islamic history are full of injunctions and encouragement to Muslims to treat non-Muslims with tolerance, kindness and equality of human rights. But tolerance, kindness and justice do not extend to obliterating differences in religious beliefs and practices, in that to demonstrate tolerance Muslims start participating in other religions' purely faith-based customs and practices, or that they show solidarity by adopting their religious customs and practices as their (Muslims') own. The clear guidance provided by Islam in this regard is, "your religion for you, my religion for me"...
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