PrintApril 8, 2011
Immolation of the Quran
The reverend Terry Jones burned some paper in Florida, and people were murdered on the other side of the world. Criticism abounds for the pastor of a small church, who decided he'd had enough of being bullied by a religion that demands obedience not only of its own adherents but of those opposed to it, that demands blood for every occasion, a rage looking for an offense. Was Rev. Jones needlessly provocative? Perhaps. Was what he did foolish? Maybe. Disrespectful? Sure, but then respect should flow two ways, and it clearly does not. How many Bibles have been burned in Islamic countries? The U.S. military actually burned some themselves to make Muslims happy. In point of fact, Muslims burned churches as well as Bibles in Pakistan, then burned the homes of Christians, and there were no riots or acts of vengeance against Muslims worldwide. Incidents against Muslims have remained quite low in the United States and worldwide since the...(Read Full Article)
