30 September 2013

Senseless Killings Leave Islam On The Edge

.... Such episodes are truly tragic and have no place in our society today, or ever. These acts, and others like them–the explosion in a church in Pakistan a few days ago by a suicide bomber for example–are being carried out in the name of Islam.

I fear this is taking us even more rapidly down a slippery slope that we have been on for some time, and if no one representing Islam can stand up and say, “This must stop” and also do something about it, it’s only going to get worse. [Forbes.com] Read more