Given what Route 45 said, I think it would be an interesting experiment to tell your Christian friends about this story, except report that it was a Muslim cop that did this. Note their reaction, and then tell them that it really was a Christian cop. See how they feel about it then.
Omg you wouldn't have believed the butt hurt when I was at Butler. Everyone had to take a history course called change & tradition. One of the sections involved learning a brief history and explanation of Islam. Other sections included Taoism, confuscisim (sp?), Hinduism, etc
why no unit on Christianity!? Outrage! Butt hurt!
try because every person in this room is probably Christian. And if not, I'm sure they know the basic tenets