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Not sure what your point is?

I am sure there is, but I am not aware of any country where they do it with tax laws by rewarding one ethnic group while penalizing another for the same behavior. China does penelize for more then 2 children but they do it to everyone.

It's a problem everywhere where there is a state religion, regardless of what that religion is, and Islam is only one example. While the Islamic nations are the most obvious, there are also several such countries around the world (non-Islamic) with the same policies, including a couple of US allies which receive considerable foreign aid, favored trade status and high protection.

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Which countries are those? I'd like to be aware of them to see if their populations and brand of religion are growing as fast and if they are violently and agressively proselytizing to the same degree as the Islamic faith.

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The point is, religion plays a significant role in many nations - from the way the public views morality and conduct, to the foundation and conduct for some of its laws, judicial system and punishment. It's not just an "Islamic thing."

Examples of countries with state or official religions include but are not limited to the following. The problems occur when the country - officially or de facto - gives persons of the state or official religion greater rights or preference than others. Examples of such rights or preferences occur in voting, appearing as witness against another in court, suing, marriage, government jobs, et cetera. The de facto occurs more than the official, but either way, large-scale discrimination based on religion is no bargain. While most of the countries listed below have tolerance ranging from complete to not bad, a few fall into not much to downright Draconian.

Roman Catholic: Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, and Vatican City

Lutheran: Denmark,Iceland, Norway, and Finland

Anglican: England

Islam: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen

Buddhism: Bhutan, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar

Judaism: Israel is defined in several of its laws as a Democratic Jewish state.

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The de facto occurs more than the official, but either way, large-scale discrimination based on religion is no bargain. While most of the countries listed below have tolerance ranging from complete to not bad, a few fall into not much to downright Draconian.

In this century, I seriously doubt there is much similarity between the level of tolerance in nations whose majority is Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, or Jewish as compare to Muslim. I'm not familiar with the level of Buddhist tolerance, but tolerance for other faiths in nations dominated by Christains and Jews compared to those dominated by Muslims are on the opposite ends of the tolerance spectrum.

I note that Israel recently officially condemned the burning of Bibles by overly zealous Jews. They were offended by proselytizing. Proselytizing is a different matter. Even some communities (one with the initials "TV") in the US prohibit house to house prosyletizing. :o