Muslim nations where Christianity is thriving

SIR – Max Bowker (Letters, June 21) asks what Muslim country could claim to be “best for Christians”.

I live in one: the United Arab Emirates. The nation’s founder, Sheikh Zayed al Nahyan, donated land in Abu Dhabi on which churches now stand.

Emiratis do not feel threatened by other faiths. Rather, they believe that good manners, tolerance and hospitality are at the core of Emirati Islamic and Bedouin traditions. Jason Light

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

SIR – Mr Bowker need look no further than Malaysia, where 10 per cent of the population is Christian.

Many churches are dotted around the city here in Miri. Christmas Day and Good Friday are public holidays. Andrew Woodward

Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia SIR – I read the article by Qari Asim, chief imam at the Makkah mosque, Leeds (Comment, June 21), with a growing sense of what it means to be British. He eloquently brought out what unites us.

Richard Hamer

Bowdler, Shropshire

SIR – Duncan Rayner (Letters, June 21) hopes that if prayers in mosques are said in English, he will discover that they are the same as Christian prayers. He may be disappointed: the most common Muslim prayer, Sura 1 of the Koran, calls on Muslims not to follow the path of those who have earned God’s anger, which is understood to mean the Jews, nor that of those who have strayed, which is understood to mean the Christians.

David J Critchley

Winslow, Buckinghamshire