Building mosques in the lands of the disbelievers and preventing them from building churches

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do we answer this objection, which is: how do we demand that disbelievers in their lands build mosques for Muslims, while we refuse to allow them to build churches?

The Shaykh:
Because our religion forbids us from that and commands us to establish mosques.

The questioner:
It does not command us to establish mosques in the land.

The Shaykh:
And it forbids us from enabling disbelievers to build churches in their lands.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
To settle this, we say: let us build mosques in your lands and enable you to build churches. This is not acceptable, it is not permissible. This is a corrupt settlement, because mosques are the houses of Allah, and the entire earth is a mosque and pure. The religion of Islam is the true religion. We do not compromise on our religion. If they enable us to build mosques in their lands, are we obligated to do so? This is an opportunity. And if they do not enable us except on the condition that they build their churches in our lands, then no, we do not accept this. Yes.