Some nutcase Christian extremist in the US burns a copy of the Koran. A bunch of Afghan Moslems get upset and stage protests. People get killed in the course of these protests.
Ten people died amid fresh protests that began in the centre of the city of Kandahar and spread as police clashed with crowds on Saturday, a day after seven UN staff were killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
What is it about these people that gets them so whipped up into bloody frenzies? It’s just a book. Sure it probably offends your sensibilities, but really, working yourself up into a killing frenzy – over a book? Get a grip on reality and a sense of perspective!
I think US president Barack Obama has got it right when he says:
"The desecration of any holy text, including the Koran, is an act of extreme intolerance and bigotry,"
"However, to attack and kill innocent people in response is outrageous, and an affront to human decency and dignity.
"No religion tolerates the slaughter and beheading of innocent people, and there is no justification for such a dishonourable and deplorable act.”
If people, both Christian and Moslem, and anything else for that matter, can’t deal with their religion and others peacefully and respectfully, and it causes them to behave like bloodthirsty savages and take extremist positions, perhaps its time they found themselves a new hobby.
I’ll suggest that all religions cause us non religious types big problems. God save us from religions.
Andrew- no arguments from me on that point.