The COLOSSUS OF RHODEY: Expecting Better of Islam
I think we can and should expect more of Islam. It’s time to start treating Muslims not as superstitious primitives that don’t know any better but rather as adults. We should tell the Muslim world that adults don’t burn property because they’re offended; don’t kill people because of some real or imagined slight; don’t kill their own daughters because they’ve somehow “shamed” the family; don’t simply shrug and remain silent when members of their comminuty act like this. While we’re being frank, we should also mention that adults don’t strap bomb belts around their own children and send them into malls. Nor do adults laud and identify with past and present mass murderers like Hitler and bin Laden. And if adults want their own beliefs and traditions respected, they’d do well to respect the beliefs and traditions of others.
But most importantly, we need to inform them that adults, unlike children, face consequences for their misconduct.
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