FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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The main targets of Muslim violence are Muslims  

The main targets of Muslim violence are Muslims  

Kudos to Nigel Pike for expressing politically incorrect views on Muslim violence. Several column contributors are no doubt sharpening their knives as I type.

May I add that another mind-boggling extension of violence perpetrated with a view to glorifying Allah is the murder in cold blood of other Muslims. Without 
trying to penetrate the complexities of the Sunni-Shi’a divide, one witnesses this incomprehensible bloodletting day in and day out. The victims are Yemeni children on a school bus, worshippers in Iraqi or Pakistani mosques, whole Kurdish villages and a huge percentage of Syria’s non-combatant civilian population, to mention just a few examples. Religious tolerance has never been Islam’s strong asset. Several of its offshoots have been almost annihilated, such as the Druze, the Baha’i and the Ahmadi communities. A great irony of our world today is that all of these groups survived and thrive in Israel.
Andy Leitner

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