Umar chose to pray some distance from the Church, so as not to endanger its status as a Christian temple.

In the case of mixed marriages, the husband's religious law prevailed if a Sunni man married a Christian or a Shia, the Sunni rules would apply a Muslim woman had to convert if she wanted to marry a Maronite Christian.

According to several first hand sources, including Johnny Cash, Lewis himself, who was devoutly Christian, was also troubled by the sinful nature of his own material, which he firmly believed was leading him and his audience to hell.