Paul Wilczynski's Observations

Jacoby: Why Islam is disrespected

Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe says

Christians, Jews, and Buddhists don't lash out in homicidal rage when their religion is insulted. They don't call for holy war and riot in the streets. It would be unthinkable for a mainstream priest, rabbi, or lama to demand that a blasphemer be slain. But when Reuters reported what Mohammad Hanif, the imam of a Muslim seminary in Pakistan, said about the alleged Koran-flushers -- ''They should be hung. They should be killed in public so that no one can dare to insult Islam and its sacred symbols" -- was any reader surprised?

... But what disgraces Islam above all is the vast majority of the planet's Muslims saying nothing and doing nothing about the jihadist cancer eating away at their religion. It is Free Muslims Against Terrorism, a pro-democracy organization, calling on Muslims and Middle Easterners to "converge on our nation's capital for a rally against terrorism" -- and having only 50 people show up.

I think Jacoby brings up a legitimate point. I've often wondered why imams don't rise up in outrage against the death and destruction being caused by extremist Muslims. If they do, I don't hear about it.

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 11:39 AM