Up-date: 2-25-12 ~ from the UK Mail:
Insult to WWII heroes: Graves of British troops smashed and desecrated by Libyan Islamists in protest over U.S. soldiers’ Koran burning ~ The madness spreads to Libya.
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Back-to-back stories at Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch yesterday illustrate the irreconcilable cultural differences between the West and the Religion of Peace – otherwise known as Islam.
First we have the ongoing travesty in Iran where Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, a husband, and the father of two young boys, has been imprisoned on charges of apostasy for well over 2 years now. Just this week he’s been sentenced for his “crime.” The penalty for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity? Death.
Fox News reported on the story:
Supporters fear Youcef Nadarkhani, a 34-year-old father of two who was arrested over two years ago on charges of apostasy, may now be executed at any time without prior warning, as death sentences in Iran may be carried out immediately or dragged out for years.
It is unclear whether Nadarkhani can appeal the execution order.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has launched a worldwide campaign to raise awareness of Pastor Nadarkhani’s plight – HERE.
I guess we shouldn’t be too shocked at this news. After all, Iran is only following the teaching of the Prophet: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). In fact, all the schools of Islamic law still teach that death is the proper penalty for apostates.
Actually, for radical Muslims, the death penalty is pretty much a multi-purpose sentence. Their disregard for the value of individual human lives is appalling. There are the ever-popular “honor killings,” prescribed for those who “insult Islam.”
They also tend to dole out death for the “crime” of Koran desecration. Incited by the Taliban, Islamists are still rioting in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Koran at a US-run military base. Dozens have been injured and several killed – including 2 U.S. troops – since protests began three days ago. From Breitbart News Alerts:
Anti-American protests erupted in Afghanistan for a third straight day on Thursday to protest against the burning of copies of the Koran at a US-run military base, witnesses said.
More than 600 people chanting “Death to America” marched in the Laghman provincial capital of Mihtarlam east of Kabul, while about 300 students took to the streets in the eastern city of Jalalabad, AFP journalists said.
On Wednesday at least nine (11 at last count) demonstrators were shot dead and dozens wounded in violent protests across the war-torn country, where the United States heads a 130,000 foreign military coalition trying to put down a Taliban insurgency.
US officials have apologized repeatedly for the burning of the Korans, which were sent to an incinerator pit at the Bagram airbase north of Kabul.
Afghanistan is a deeply religious country where slights against Islam have frequently provoked violent protests and Afghans were incensed that any Western troops could be so insensitive, 10 years after the 2001 US-led invasion.
US officials speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP the military removed Korans from the prison at Bagram because inmates were suspected of using the holy book to pass messages to each other.
We burn a couple books; they murder a few human beings.
And blow up churches…
Heiban Bible College in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan was bombed
on February 1st. Eight bombs were dropped on that Wednesday afternoon.
Two landed in the compound and destroyed two buildings.
Since early August, at least four churches built by Samaritan’s Purse
have been destroyed by bombing or burning.
[I bet that Bible College had a few copies of the actual Bible laying around… Wonder when the riots are gonna break out?]
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Tolerance? Multi-culturalism? This brutish behavior by a bunch of barbarians kind of blows away any prospects of peaceful coexistence doesn’t it?
When are we going to stop pretending otherwise?
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Related:
Two U.S. troops shot dead by Afghan soldier as Obama apologizes to Afghanistan’s President for Koran burning by American soldiers ~ @ UK Daily Mail
Sudan Bombs US-Funded Bible School, US Condemns ~ @ Big Peace
Tweet from Sarah Palin today:
