Yesterday an incredibly courageous 14 year old girl was shot twice in the head and neck for promoting education for Pakistani females. The Taliban were perfectly happy to confirm their complicity, even going as far as to say their imams had instructed them that it was OK to exterminate anyone promoting this sin against the teachings of Mohamed, peace be upon him. But Big M's teachings are open to many interpretations, and Muslims around the world rose as one to condemn this disgraceful act perpetrated by a bunch of murderous scum.
Religious intolerance is not confined to Islam, nor is it new. St Paul , that noted misogynist, made his feelings about women plain in several of his epistles, and there are still millions of Christians today who think women priests represent the personification of evil. In Nigeria Christian churches are being firebombed, while in America, their "freedom of speech" laws allow pastor Terry Jones to disseminate a film which insults every Muslim. And in Israel, the "Chosen People" seem to think it's OK to turn Palestine into a ghetto..
20 years ago a beaten and bloody Rodney King asked the World "Why can't we all just get along?" Well Rodney, I think you have at least part of your answer....
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