Please follow the link below to an article about a horrific crime.
I want to emphasize that this is not a purely religious thing, either. Any ideology from Islamism to Environmentalism can be used in the extreme to justify mob violence or terrorism like this. But when a society or government turns a "blind eye" to it, or by its silence tacitly endorses the behavior, things get out of control quickly.
This kind of thing can happen when extreme ideologies control governments or society. It's not just Muslims. Communists did it during the Cultural Revolution in China. White supremacists did it during "Jim Crow" in the US. The difference I see is that, in the US, the people decided that this was unacceptable and changed the law. In China and in many Islamic countries public dissent is against the law.
Really? I think this is what we will get if we keep talking in slogans instead of ideas.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/egyptian-islamists-murder-young-christian-after-dragging-her-car
I want to emphasize that this is not a purely religious thing, either. Any ideology from Islamism to Environmentalism can be used in the extreme to justify mob violence or terrorism like this. But when a society or government turns a "blind eye" to it, or by its silence tacitly endorses the behavior, things get out of control quickly.
This kind of thing can happen when extreme ideologies control governments or society. It's not just Muslims. Communists did it during the Cultural Revolution in China. White supremacists did it during "Jim Crow" in the US. The difference I see is that, in the US, the people decided that this was unacceptable and changed the law. In China and in many Islamic countries public dissent is against the law.
Really? I think this is what we will get if we keep talking in slogans instead of ideas.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/egyptian-islamists-murder-young-christian-after-dragging-her-car
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