Two stories that ran in the Tuesday Chronicle provide a stark contrast in the way the Muslim faith is different from virtually all others.
"Mormon Church excommunicates founder of women’s rights group" tells the story of Kate Kelly, a Mormon activist who promoted gender equality with the ultimate goal of allowing women in the lay clergy. For challenging the patriarch, the Mormon church accused her of apostasy, and excommunicated her. "Sudan frees woman sent to death row for apostasy" tells the story of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death for practicing the Christian faith of her mother instead of the Muslim faith mandated by the nation of Sudan. She was recently released on a technicality, only because of intense international pressure.
So there you have it: the most radical expression of disapproval amongst Christian faiths is to tell the offender "you can't be one of us any more." In contrast, a death sentence for the same offense is all too common throughout much of the Muslim world.
And it's not just the death sentence that Islamists impose with such regularity for anything found to be offensive to Islamists, it is that they find offense in the most innocent of things. Practicing the faith of one's choosing shouldn't be offensive to anybody. It is instructive that for a disturbingly large percentage of the world's Muslims, it is.
Pete Smith
Houston, TX
Two stories that ran in the Tuesday Chronicle provide a stark contrast in the way the Muslim faith is different from virtually all others.
The story "Mormon Church excommunicates founder of women's rights group" (Page A2) tells the story of Kate Kelly, a Mormon activist who promoted gender equality with the ultimate goal of allowing women in the lay clergy. For challenging the patriarch, the Mormon church accused her of apostasy and excommunicated her.
The other story "Sudan frees woman sent to death row for apostasy" (Page A2) tells the story of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman convicted of apostasy and sentenced to death for marrying a Christian. She was raised by her mother who practices the Christian faith instead of her father who practices the Muslim faith. She was recently released on a technicality, only because of intense international pressure.
So there you have it: The most radical expression of disapproval amongst Christian faiths is to tell the offender, "You can't be one of us any more." In contrast, a death sentence for the same offense is all too common throughout much of the Muslim world.
And it's not just the death sentence that Islamists impose with such regularity for anything found to be offensive to Islamists, it is that they find offense in the most innocent of things. Practicing the faith of one's choosing shouldn't be offensive to anybody.
Pete Smith, Houston
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/homeless-sing-communist-song-free-lunch-article-1.1843700
Two stories that ran in the Tuesday Chronicle provide a stark contrast in the way the Muslim faith is different from virtually all others.
The story "Mormon Church excommunicates founder of women's rights group" (Page A2) tells the story of Kate Kelly, a Mormon activist who promoted gender equality with the ultimate goal of allowing women in the lay clergy. For challenging the patriarch, the Mormon church accused her of apostasy and excommunicated her.
The other story "Sudan frees woman sent to death row for apostasy" (Page A2) tells the story of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman convicted of apostasy and sentenced to death for marrying a Christian. She was raised by her mother who practices the Christian faith instead of her father who practices the Muslim faith. She was recently released on a technicality, only because of intense international pressure.
So there you have it: The most radical expression of disapproval amongst Christian faiths is to tell the offender, "You can't be one of us any more." In contrast, a death sentence for the same offense is all too common throughout much of the Muslim world.
And it's not just the death sentence that Islamists impose with such regularity for anything found to be offensive to Islamists, it is that they find offense in the most innocent of things. Practicing the faith of one's choosing shouldn't be offensive to anybody.
Pete Smith, Houston
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/homeless-sing-communist-song-free-lunch-article-1.1843700
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