The Daily Background
| Palin comes out against planned 9/11 Koran burning
by Arlen Parsa
It speaks volumes that even Sarah Palin (the one who recently said that an Islamic community center planned for Manhattan stabs her in the heart) has come out against the idiotic Koran-burning planned in Florida on the 9th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. She recently posted a Facebook message saying:
I would hope that Pastor Terry Jones and his supporters will consider the ramifications of their planned book-burning event. It will feed the fire of caustic rhetoric and appear as nothing more than mean-spirited religious intolerance. Don’t feed that fire. If your ultimate point is to prove that the Christian teachings of mercy, justice, freedom, and equality provide the foundation on which our country stands, then your tactic to prove this point is totally counter-productive.
The only correction it seems there is to make here is that Pastor Jones’ plan does not only “appear” as mean-spirited religious intolerance, it actually is mean-spirited religious intolerance. From Palin’s statement it could almost sound like she understands the point of view of this Pastor but is concerned only about the “appearances” of the action, not the action itself. Maybe I’m digging too dip for inner meaning in Palin’s inane statements though…
Thanks for posting this report. I fully agree with you. Many people are concerned about the repercussions of the pastor’s actions, but they do not discuss the logic of the action itself. This is indeed an idiotic action full of hatred and violence.
As followers of two of the three major Abrahamic religions, Christians and Muslims have been competing for centuries. If the pastor is interested in religious issues, he should engage in theological debate and discuss his views in a civilized manner.
Finally, the pastor should read a little history about American involvement in acts of exploitation and violence in Islamic countries including Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, and Afghanistan.
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