Anyone who lacks a certain measure of discretion and self-control might brandish a gun in all manner of circumstances, but when one is studying a text that teaches that the supreme and only god of the universe calls for and sanctifies violence under certain circumstances, this sort of thing is bound to happen now and […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder two Christians, wound several others, and kidnap six more
“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods […]
Ramadan in Nigeria: Muslim gunman attack Catholic seminary, priest “badly wounded”
This is obviously a mistake. These poor Muslims simply don’t understand their own religion. Surely that most learned of imams, Pope Francis, is on his way to Jalingo now to explain to them how authentic Islam and the proper understanding of the Qur’an reject every form of violence. “Bomber kills four, suspected herders attack Catholic […]