I don't support the burning of the Koran by Reverend Terry Jones of Florida, but I find the protests from the Muslim world somewhat puzzling.
The Drudge Report posted a link to a 2007 article at associatedcontent.com about attacks on Christians in Gaza City after Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement defeated the Palestinian Authority.
According to the article:
"Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned."
The article further states:
"Father Musalam additionally told The Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propeled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on.
Again, I don't support the burning of the Koran, but it seems to me that this whole ruckus is a little blown out of proportion. Maybe we need to take a closer look at a religion that threatens violence against our country and its citizens if a person representing only himself exercises his right of free speech. Meanwhile that religion is quite comfortable destroying churches, books, and artifacts from other religions. (Remember the Taliban blowing up the Buddahs in Afghanistan in March of 2001.)
The recent history of Muslim crimes against Christians and Jews speaks for itself. My question is simple, is Islam compatible with freedom?
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