Yesterday I wrote about the bigotry of the Holocaust cartoon exhibit in Iran. Today's entry on small-mindedness comes from closer to home.
Man Protests at Home of Muslim Candidate
BALTIMORE, August 13 - A protester staked out the home of a Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates, holding a sign and wearing a T-shirt that mocked Islam. Timothy Truett sat in a folding chair Saturday on the cul-de-sac outside Saqib Ali's home in Gaithersburg with a sign reading "Islam sucks," and a shirt with the slogan, "This mind is an Allah-free zone."
I can envision political races where one's religious views are up for debate. In fact, this can be rather common in the US and entirely appropriate (consider the issue of abortion, for example). But to slander an entire faith, not the particular views of a candidate, pushes things too far. And, as I've said repeatedly, in our current world situation, news stories like this merely fan the flames that already have too much fuel in the Muslim world.
More seeds of terrorism sown.
GP
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