Islam is to violent Islam as Christianity is to white supremacy, the Klu Klux Klan, and countless other misuses of religion for violent purposes. Penalizing or judging all Muslims for violence of self-proclaimed jihadists like the Tsarnaev brothers in Boston is like blaming all Christians for the Spanish Inquisition and for Protestant persecution of Catholics in medieval England. Islam is not a monolith. The religion is practiced around the world by many different sects and schools of thought that are centuries-old. To discount this fact is to discount a large sector of the human race, some 1.5 billion people. And that attitude is hurtful to Muslims.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:50:41 +0000
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