Wow. I mean, like, just wow. This "infidel" has to wonder if it would be okay to try and gently steer the primitive towards modernization without attempting to turn things into a tent meeting.
You are welcome to do so, nobody is stopping you.
Actually the Communists do that in any country they take over like China and places in Asia. Like it or not the natives will come into line with the worship of the state as the ultimate being.
But let's be honest about the "infidel" label, you often act a bit touchy about feeling that everybody persecutes your religion, which is almost never the case from everything I have experienced in my life.
Your religion wouldn't probably accept me as a full equal member even if I wanted to be.
I'm also certain that it would be pointless to try to convert you to change your beliefs for another.
I have no problem with that, it's great to have multiple religions around, it keeps things interesting.
Each religion should think they are right & the others are wrong, otherwise why not join the others? I'm good with that.
There are plenty of adherents to your religion right around my neighborhood and there is never any issues with them and anyone else I ever see or know of, everybody knows who they are because of their dress code.
If I go to my local grocery store I'm quite likely to be exchanging pleasantries with someone of your faith, some male muslim with his women in traditional attire, some fully robed eastern orthodox priest, and any number from the various local churches, temples, lodges, synagogues etc.
I'm fully aware that several religions regard me as inferior or "infidel" or "heathen" and that doesn't bother me in the least, I'm happy to share a cup of tea with someone who thinks I'm an infidel, it's always interesting to hear them explain why I'm in the wrong. I'll even enjoy chatting with some of the Neo Pagan/Neo National Socialists that think the whole Christian religion is a Jew plot to destroy the world, doesn't bother me in the least. I've had my share of fun.
It gets a bit bad if one specific religious dogma runs everything.
The many varied religious beliefs over the course of history played a great role in expanding human civilizations across the planet.
People from more advanced cultures fleeing places or exploring new places often brought their own religions and civilizations to the less evolved.
The issue why "civilizing" the "savages" is more often than not done by someone out of a religious sense of duty is that it is for the most part a totally unrewarding, profitless and exceptionally dangerous occupation that is done mostly out of altruistic moral based virtues. Where one believes they are obligated by their deity to try to bring enlightenment to their fellow creations.
Quite a number of various religious creeds over history did the same thing, both east and west.
If you are a member of a religion that believes in bringing others to the true faith and are good at it, you'll probably find yourself meeting up with fellow missionaries of a bunch of different religions and creeds over time & more often than not, having a great time comparing notes, troubles, ideas on keeping in good graces of the local authorities, as well as taking a turn at trying out your conversion arguments on each other for fun (after all you have to be able to say you tried). I had plenty of fun listening to our Muslim counterparts patiently try to convert me to the truth of The Prophet, as well as other sects trying to explain how they were better. I enjoyed visiting the various buildings and places of worship run by other religions as guests of missionaries of other faiths and we usually all had a good time. Each knowing that we were the ones who knew the true religion and the others were poor lost ones needing to be brought to the true knowledge. I can't say I ever knew anyone of the various missionaries that was ever converted by a missionary from another faith, but it was always great fun and usually in good sportsmanship. (You try to convert me, then I get a chance to try to convert you). Usually you'll find most of the non crazy ones (which anybody really successful is going to not be crazy, as ideas are the most powerful only when you can rationally convince someone else to accept them as their own) all have much common ground and can almost always find some "heathen" that you both agree are more wrong than both of you HA!
