Freedom of religion from Islamic perspective (1)

What's freedom of religion?
"Freedom of religion is the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It is generally recognized to also include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion." Wikipedia - Freedom of Religion

How does Islam regard freedom of religion?
"There is no compulsion in religion." Quraan 2:256

لاَ إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ
البقرة - الآية ٢٥٦

"Say: (It is) the truth from the Lord of you (all). Then whosoever will, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve." Quraan 18:29

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَاء فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاء فَلْيَكْفُرْ
الكهف: ٢٩

As explained earlier in another post that mankind were created to be tested in this life to whether be grateful to their Creator or not,the message from the Creator of the universe which we call 'Islam' that was delivered through His messenger Mohammad tells us what the test is exactly and how to succeed in it. However, we need to be free to be tested properly, what's the point of the exam if I provide the student with the answers by programming his brain?! Or I ask him a question and provide him with multichoices but I force him to choose a specific choice?! I gave him no choice but to answer the questions according to what I want! Can I reward/punish him based on the results of this test?! To know which student is excellent which is not, I need to provide them with the resources, give them the freedom and the capability to study and research, it's up to them to study for it or not, then I can rank and reward them based on their results. Hence, freedom of religion is a fundamental core element of the whole philosophy of our existence from Islamic perspective .

That's the deal, He gave us freedom, He granted us the privilege and the capability to self-govern ourselves, to self-determine our ways, to self-run our lives then He sent His message through His Messenger Mohammad to inform us what are we supposed to do and it's up to us to follow or not, if we follow the message then we will be rewarded in the hereafter with an eternal happy life otherwise we will be punished with an unpleasant eternal life. The choice is ours, noone should force us to follow the message, not even the Prophet.

"And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are believers? " Quraan 10:99

وَلَوْ شَاء رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِي الأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
يونس - الآية ٩٩