There are religions where the important thing is not your belief, but your actions. Please do your own research on that.
Why would God need to create any discrimination? It is only a sectarian God, and not a universal God who would do that. A God who will reward those who worship him and punish those who refuse to believe in him is no better than a mafia boss.
A Kafir is someone who does not believe in Allah or in the prophethood of Muhammad i.e. anyone who refuses to say the Kalima. Please confirm with your local Imam and correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, Allah is Arabic for God, but this God is a very specific God, different from any of the Hindu Gods, or the Hindu understanding of the universal Brahman.
You express your disdain for the gods and goddesses the pre-Islamic Arabs had 'conjured up'. That is exactly in tune with Islam, which regards all other gods as 'conjured up', and the worshippers of those gods to be bound for eternal hell after death, and deserving domination by Muslims on earth. Have you ever stopped to consider that Allah might just be something Muhammad 'conjured up'?
