Preaching, Morality, and Salvation

One of the most common replies that anyone who expresses a call to Islamic morality receives is "you can't impose your beliefs on others!" This accusation is way off base for a number of reasons. Firstly, we need to understand the definition of 'imposing.' To make a statement about something is not an imposition. If that were the case, we would consider talking to our friends, reading news articles, watching shows, or any opinion we hear as an imposition. Yet for some reason this claim only comes forward when Islam is referenced. If I were to say, "the consumption of alcohol is immoral," this is nowhere near an imposition. Imposing would be to vandalize a bar, threaten people who drink, or confine drinkers to a space where I bombard them with constant messaging about the dangers of alcohol consumption. To simply state a fact or opinion is not to force. As Allah tells us, "there is no compulsion in religion" (Qur'an, al-Baqarah 2:256).