Sorry for the clandestine operation?

I was quite suprised by a news report 10 months ago that two journalists of Al-Islam (who are Muslims I suppose) went undercover to enter a church and investigate alleged apostasy amongst young Muslim Malays. Well, the Catholics got offended and they have asked for the magazine to offer a public apology or else they would file a police report against the two spies. No such apology surfaced (not until recently i.e. 10 month later), and so a police report was charged against the duo. After investigating and some consideration, only recently, the Attorney General has dropped the charges against these pretenders.

Well, some parties were outraged as the charges were dropped. Meanwhile, the Catholic lawyers have asked the AG to "appreciate the severity" of this incident. To me, this incident should not have been an issue at all, especially to the Catholic church. Here's why:

1. As good Christians, I believe they must uphold good values - love thy neighbour and so forth. So if your neighbour suspects you of proselytizing their young, and you are innocent of that allegation, you would not get offended  by the allegation even if they spy on you - simply because you have no skeletons in your closet to hide from them.

2. In fact, the ones that are supposed to get offended by this incident, if anyone, are the Muslims. Think about it, after taking such risk to conduct this covert operation, these two Al-Islam journalists still haven't found any substantial evidence that Malay Muslim youths are being converted to Christianity! Or have they?

3. Another reason why Muslims, especially those skeptical ones, must get offended by this incident is because no where in the Quran is there an injunction to spy on thy neighbour if thee suspects thy neighbour is proselytizing thy young ones.

So, instead of apologizing to the Catholics, Al-Islam should have made a public apology to the Muslims!

I also wonder, what if the same thing were to happen in a mosque - Christian or Hindu or Buddhist journalists pretend to be Muslims, join a congregational prayer and listen to a ceramah, hypothetically. Firstly, I think the Muslims would not have to demand these hypothetical undercover reporters to make a public apology for that hypothetical incident, because this is definitely not a cause to get offended - unless you are a three year old.

Secondly, aren't these hypothetical spies whom the Quran mentions several times as the hypocrites?

[63:1] When the Hypocrites come to you, they say, "We bear witness that you are indeed the Apostle of God." Yea, God knows that you are indeed His Apostle, and God bears witness that the Hypocrites are indeed liars.

[4:138] To the Hypocrites give news that there is for them a grievous penalty

So you see, their penalty is with God. Here on earth, let us all live together peacefully and harmoniously.

[43:89] But turn away from them, and say "Peace!" But soon shall they know!