Consider the tragedy in Aurora. James Holmes, as far as we know, acted alone and of his own accord. He was not instructed to kill by a higher power or by a religious leader. He seems to have been acting out a scene in a Batman movie with himself playing the Joker. We will likely never know the reason why, armed to the teeth, he opened fire in a theatre and killed a dozen innocent people and wounded 58 more. Besides, what reason could he give that would make us stop and say, “Oh, so that’s why he killed twelve innocent people. Now I get it.”
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Aurora to Islam
August 2, 2012 by 2 Comments
Who Says Muslims are Terrorists?
June 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My new Facebook friend, with the very unlikely name of Alo Ha Graphics, has posted some very interesting graphics online (go figure). This one is the most relevant to this blog. I have enjoyed most of his or her graphic postings. I’ll add them to this blog as appropriate. BTW: this is Alo’s 100th birthday (the name and the birthdate might be exaggerated). Please wish him a happy centennial.
How to be a Christian terrorist
March 29, 2012 by 9 Comments
Suppose we concede that we have an irrational policy given that most attacks against the US have been by Muslims (or at least nominal Muslims).
It’s not clear, however, that we should make such a concession. Were all of the attackers Muslims in more than name? Here’s another way of putting it: did their Muslim beliefs motivate them or was it some other, say political, belief?
The Munich terrorists, for example, self-identified as Palestinians, not Muslims; their motivation was political not religious. I won’t belabor the point. Any time there is violence committed by an Arab, the West usually labels the perpetrator, “Muslim terrorist.” Socio-political considerations simply fall by the wayside.
