If a question were posed; is it permissible to love non-Muslims for reasons other than their religion and creed?
The answer is yes, this is permitted, and this is not from al Muwalaat that removes a person from the religion. The evidence is the statement of Allah the Elevated:
{ Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibat. The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. (Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from the believers and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time when you have given their due dowry, desiring chastity not committing illegal sexual intercourse, nor taking them as girlfriends. And whosoever disbelieves in Faith [i.e. in the Oneness of Allah and in all the other Articles of Faith, i.e. His (Allah's) Angels, His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainments)], then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers. } Al Ma-idah: 5
The evidence lies in this line
{ and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture }
So Allah permitted the Muslims to marry the chaste women of the People of the Book, and it is obvious that the relationship between a man and his wife cannot be void of love. So since Allah permitted Muslims to marry women form the People of the Book, which entails having a loving relationship, then this proves that it is not from al Muwalaat that would expel a person from the fold of Islam.
This is why Muwalaat was defined as; loving the religion or creed that a non-Muslim is upon.
