May 24, 2006
Obsidian Wings has an excellent report on current events showing continuing efforts today, in the 1400-year-long tradition, of Islamists using violence in an effort to impose Islam on the rest of the world. A few examples:
- An Islamic militant leader accused of waging a bloody bombing campaign
to impose Islamic laws in Bangladesh told a court he ordered the murder
of two judges because it was Allah’s will, police said on Tuesday.
- A senior judge was killed and four others wounded when a man shouting
"I am a soldier of Allah" stormed into the court and sprayed bullets on
judges who were in the middle of a legal session, officials said.
- A review of a sample of official Saudi textbooks for Islamic studies
used during the current academic year reveals that, despite the Saudi
government's statements to the contrary, an ideology of hatred toward
Christians and Jews and Muslims who do not follow Wahhabi doctrine
remains in this area of the public school system. The texts teach a
dualistic vision, dividing the world into true believers of Islam (the
"monotheists" ) and unbelievers (the "polytheists" and "infidels" ).
Read the whole thing.
This is not behavior relegated to ancient history; it is a tradition that continues to this day.
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