OK, Mr Smartpants, "Diplomacy" if you wish, or, within a same contry, you would say "Public Relations".

But no, I'm serious. I tolerate religions but I don't feel compelled to express any form of respect for them.

So, why should I listen to those imams?

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PS: By the way, I believe the Frenchies (aka Jerome) are hitting a serious translation issue. Tolerance does not the same thing in English and in French.

In English, tolerance implies respect. For instance, in the American Heritage Dictionary, the first entry is ...

Tolerance:

1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

Go to respect, just in case, and you will find deference, etc.

In French, well, it's a bit, err, different. From the TLF:

TOLÉRANCE, subst. fém.
A. [À propos de pers.]
1. Fait de tolérer quelque chose, d'admettre avec une certaine passivité, avec condescendance parfois, ce que l'on aurait le pouvoir d'interdire, le droit d'empêcher.
[...]
2. a) État d'esprit de quelqu'un ouvert à autrui et admettant des manières de penser et d'agir différentes des siennes. Synon. libéralisme.
[...]
b) [À propos des opinions philos., pol., relig., des engagements soc., etc. d'une pers.] Respect de la liberté d'autrui en matière d'opinions et de croyances.
[...]

My translation (and inevitable ambiguities):

TOLÉRANCE, name, female.
A. [About persons.]
1. Action of tolerating something, of accepting with some degree of passivity, or even condescendence, what one would have the power to prohibit, or the right to preclude.
[...]
2. a) State of mind of someone open to others and amenable to other ways of thinking and doing than one's own.
[...]
b) [About philosophical, political, religious opinions and social stances of a person ] Respect of the freedom of others in the matter of opinions and beliefs.
[...]

So, as the readers won't fail to notice, the French meaning of tolerance has a much, much harder edge than its American counterpart. Tolerance is a right and a given. But, respect, well ... that one, you have to earn it the hard way.