… and the following commentary (want to bet there would be little if none about the, er, religious aspect?) had these actions been attributed to people professing Christianity?
Somalis suffer and die as Islamists ban ‘infidel’ aid
Even as drought and hunger grew to disastrous levels in Somalia this year, Islamist militants told destitute farmers to “depend on God” instead of the “infidels” at foreign relief agencies…
One farmer described how his 40 goats and 20 cattle died of starvation as al-Shabab refused to allow any help from relief agencies. “They were telling people to just depend on God and forget about depending on the agencies,” he told the human rights researchers.
Another refugee said the insurgents told him: “We don’t want the food of disbelievers.”..
In the territory under its control, the Islamist militia “continues to carry out public beheadings and floggings, forcibly recruits both adults and children into its forces, imposes onerous regulations on nearly every aspect of human behaviour and social life, and deprives inhabitants of badly needed humanitarian assistance, including food and water,”..
One gives the paper some credit for serious reporting (much though they may have been pained about this reality)–but what about the lessons to be drawn? The paper also runs this:
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The first thing we need to understand is the all-important difference between Muslim terrorists and European terrorists like Mr. Breivik and American terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, the Unabomber and Jared Loughner (killer of six in Tucson, Arizona, attempted killer of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords). Here’s the difference: Apparently Muslim terrorists terrorize because they are Muslims and that’s what Muslims do. White, European, American and Christian terrorists terrorize because they are psychotic loners who represent nothing besides themselves…
Must have that religious equivalency, eh?