muslims are rather afraid,frightened but not angery as the Times predicted"..risk Muslim anger".The psychology of muslims is still to you obscure,Jazeera and ALL other arab satellite channels and newspapers didn't mention-deliberately- a word about Easter in Europe this year.They unconsciously feel weak defeated , they feer a lot of muslims might convert as this man did.So their reaction is completely different from that in the case of Danish cartoons.Now the potential reaction has been delayed to the very near future...when they find a pretext or excuse or simply an event in which they are seemingly subject to injustice or insult.

Samir, Amman, Jordan

To Luther Muhindi
My fellow Aussie :) who claims hundreds of priests are converting to Islam daily!!! Being Egyptian and fluent in Arabic I am familiar with such claims... unfortunately all fabricated and untrue.

The issue is not one man's conversion... the issue is the freedom to make that decision without being threatened. In Egypt and other Islamic countries a Muslim wouldn't dare announce that he's converting from Islam. Furthermore, the church is PROHIBITED from proselytising where Muslims are free to do so in any country they go to.

The Church (and by that I mean the Christian community as a whole) is here to serve her flok and the word of God....not to tead on eggshells fearing Muslim anger.

Neferteeti, Australia,

To Allison Knight
First of whether you believe Jesus was the son of God or if he resurected is a matter of personal belief. The issue of Jesus dying on the cross is less debatable as it is one the most documented events in history, with historical sources other than biblical teachings.

The Islamic viewpoint that he didn't die on the cross only arised over 700 years later with the need to explain why Jesus/Isa a beloved prophet did not offer himself as a sacrificial lamb. The Quran offers two possibilities either he was replaced before put on the cross or that he arose to upto the heaven. The Ahmadiyah view you state is also a different variation I would say that the Islamic view on Jesus is the less accurate or false as it based purely on 'revalation's some 700 years after Jesus's death.

2. The arabic word for Peace is Salaam not Islam which means Submission.

3. As stated before the Ahmadi sect is largely seen as heretic by many Muslims who call them Qadianis.

Mark, Lewes, U.K

The problem, of course, doesn't lie in the conversion itself. People after all should be free to choose their faith and way of life without coercion. The Quran itself declares that "let there be no compulsion in religion."

But the problem lies in the vindictive atmosphere surrounding the conversion ceremony, including the anti-Islamic allusions and insinuations.

jayil, london, uk

Please is that the "BEST" they could come up with... what is new about one person converting to christianity....who is again?

Adam Abdullah, Dundee, Scotlad United Kingdom

"He has been under police protection for five years after receiving death threats over his criticism of suicide-bombings.'"

The thing speaks for itself. It's a little like the report on Australia's national broadcaster following the Pope's Ragensburg speach that:

"Middle Eastern leaders and analysts have warned of a potentially violent backlash in the region to the Pope’s remarks implicitly linking Islam to violence. "

PETER HARKIN, Sydney, Australia

In Christianity, there is no such thing as a good Chrsitan or a bad one. You either are or you are not. Being a Christian means to be identified with Jesus Christ. All the others Roman Catholic included are just mere religion. Your Catholic tradition, with its rules and regulations cannot save you. The only way to salvation is accepting Jesus Christ as your Saviour. Most Christian (those not born again) do not know that. They think that they can add Jesus' finished work on the Cross with their own good works. By that it does not mean that you can live an immoral godless lifestyle. God's love is offered to all when Christ died and although this gift is offered freely, it was paid at a very high price. Someone had to suffer and die. So every time a Christian deliberately sins, he/she is crucifying Jesus all over again. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Muslims need to be loved and shared with the Good news of the Risen Lord and be told who the true God is. AMEN

Virginia, Brisbane, Australia

To 'Mario Ferretti of L'Aquila', christianity did start as a religion of love approximately 300 years before the date you suggested. It was only in the fourth century when catholicism became the official state religion that it started becoming an intolerant force. Just another classic case of poor Italian government and beauracracy.
It also underlies the importance of separation of church and state. Islamic countries have not done this yet, which is possibly the reason there is so many acts of violence committed by muslim extremists.

David Lea-Smith, Edinburgh, U.K.

Why Magdi Allam, having escaped the theological dogma of undoubtedly the World's most intolerant religion, only to
re-shackle himself to an organisation that was every bit as barbaric and hypercritical within recent history , is quite beyond my intelligene.
Love and honesty and kindness is all the Almighty would expect, whatever that manifestation may ultimately be.

Robbie Rohan, Great Chart, Kent, UK

When people are condemned to death for apostasy then it says a lot about the insecurities and fragility of those followers of Islam. Also people should be able to speak out openly about their concerns without fear of retribution and causing offence.

Frank Williams, Derby, England