Radical clerics from Qatar to Qom have called, variously, for a "day of anger" or for worshipers to "hunt down" the pope and his followers.
We can all unite in our support for freedom of speech and of the press. And we can also unite, loudly, in our condemnation of violent, unprovoked attacks on churches, embassies, and elderly nuns.
Nothing the pope has ever said comes even close to matching the vitriol, extremism, and hatred that pour out of the mouths of radical imams and fanatical clerics every day, all across Europe and the Muslim world, almost none of which ever provokes any Western response at all.
Maybe it's time that it should...
(Washington Post)
The West Should Be Free To Criticize Islam -Daniel Pipes
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/3968
[T]he Muslim uproar has a goal: to prohibit criticism of Islam by Christians and thereby to impose Shariah norms on the West.
Should Westerners accept this central tenet of Islamic law, others will surely follow.
(New York Sun)
AND THE IRONIC TITLE OF THE WEEK:
Pope implies Islam a violent religion ... Muslims bomb churches
(Red State blog)
1 comment:
That is an ironic headline. I certainly don't think islam, or muslims in general are violent, or that it is inherently a violent religion, but it is sad that muslims who do not feel the need to condemn their own (or are afraid to?) when they preach or act on violence, feel it is okay to offer a violent response for the free, if misguided thoughts, of another religious leader.
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