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This is a picture of a burning Christian church in Pakistan. The caption, from Agence-France Presse, reads as follows:
Flames raise from a church set on fire by a photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2040/308/320/burningchurch.jpgmob in Sukkur about 480 kilometres (300 miles) north of the capital Islamabad. Hundreds of angry Muslims attacked two churches in southern Pakistan Sunday after allegations that a Christian boy had desecrated the Koran, a government official said.
So let me get this straight: Muslims hear a rumor that a Christian boy has desecrated the Koran and “hundreds” of them decide that the best response is to burn down two churches? Even if a child did desecrate a Koran and even if that is deeply offensive to many Muslims, what twisted sense of justice – justice is, by the way, supposed to be Islam’s strong suit – concludes that the appropriate redress is to burn down two Christian churches?
tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2006/02/asymmetrical-retaliation.html
Flames raise from a church set on fire by a photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2040/308/320/burningchurch.jpgmob in Sukkur about 480 kilometres (300 miles) north of the capital Islamabad. Hundreds of angry Muslims attacked two churches in southern Pakistan Sunday after allegations that a Christian boy had desecrated the Koran, a government official said.
So let me get this straight: Muslims hear a rumor that a Christian boy has desecrated the Koran and “hundreds” of them decide that the best response is to burn down two churches? Even if a child did desecrate a Koran and even if that is deeply offensive to many Muslims, what twisted sense of justice – justice is, by the way, supposed to be Islam’s strong suit – concludes that the appropriate redress is to burn down two Christian churches?
tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2006/02/asymmetrical-retaliation.html