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I don't know much about Islam, but what's being described isn't uncommon for lapsed Christians. I know plenty of people in my orbit (including me) who went to mass on Christmas Eve and Easter as children, but literally wouldn't be able to answer if the curch they went to was Catholic or Protestant.

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The difference between Islam and Christianity on this is so stark that I am trying so hard to not respond in a rude manner and tell people to read a book or something.

It's like if you didn't know a single thing about Mandarin but insisted on making claims about its grammatical rules because you know English grammar.

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