Assault on Islam continues [Archives:2003/692/Letters to the Editor]

David J. Lockhorn
Ohio, USA
[email protected]
One can look not only to immoral terror attacks around the world for insight into the assault on Islam. One can also look to the pages of this publication to see the threads attacking and undermining Islam.
Educated writers have explained the Muslim faith, concepts of right and wrong, proper conduct in war. And it is this basic goodness and rightness that is under assault, because right action is very limiting.
This assault does not come from other faiths and neither does it come from governments. They do not have the power to control another's faith or behavior.
This assault comes from Muslims, at least in name.
That hate would allow death and bombings. Hate would allow killing civilians. Hate would allow the destruction of the infrastructure, the murder of police, disruption of education, and damaging of hospitals and their workers.
It is clear that this hate is empowering, freeing people of the law and teaching. Free to ignore civility. Free to abandon care of one's family.
It appears that Allah cannot stand the onslaught of hate, and so the assault on Islam is well underway; an assault from the inside, which is not clearly seen and may be unstoppable.
There is neither one Christian preacher nor US general that presents a threat to Islam that is as close to this threat.
One can find glee in the difficulties in rebuilding Iraq.
And so, dialogue is a good thing. We all live on this small globe. But hate is a powerful and he seems to have many followers.
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