08/08: Religion of Peace? Not.
Category: America and the World
Posted by: an okie gardener
Muslim fanatics continue to kill Buddhists in southern Thailand, as well as moderate Muslims, in an effort to create a sharia state.
Buddhists are even more vulnerable in Islamic theology because they lack the protection of second-class citizenship given to Christians and Jews in a state run by Islamic law.
Once more, Islam's bloody borders.
Story.
Islam has been at war with everyone else since its founding, with occasional cool spells and hot spells. We are in the midst of another hot spell. When might it burn itself out?
Buddhists are even more vulnerable in Islamic theology because they lack the protection of second-class citizenship given to Christians and Jews in a state run by Islamic law.
Once more, Islam's bloody borders.
Story.
Islam has been at war with everyone else since its founding, with occasional cool spells and hot spells. We are in the midst of another hot spell. When might it burn itself out?
Robert wrote:
Islam has within it that "state-building" concern, which might explain how easily extraordinarily conservative Islam descends to this kind of violence.
That said, some far right evangelicals who join their Christianity to state advancement give me extreme pause.