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On “The Passion of the Liberal”<\/a><\/p>\n

One Times review of “The Passion” said: “To be a Christian is to face the responsibility for one’s own most treasured sacred texts being used to justify the deaths of innocents.” At best, this is like blaming Jodie Foster for the shooting of Ronald Reagan. But the reviewer somberly warned that a Christian should “not take the risk that one’s life or work might contribute to the continuation of a horror.” So the only thing Christians can do is shut up about their religion. (And no more Jodie Foster movies!)<\/p>\n

By contrast, in the weeks after 9-11, the Times was rushing to assure its readers that “prominent Islamic scholars and theologians in the West say unequivocally that nothing in Islam countenances the Sept. 11 actions.” (That’s if you set aside Muhammad’s many specific instructions to kill non-believers whenever possible.) Times columnists repeatedly extolled “the great majority of peaceful Muslims.” Only a religion with millions of practitioners trying to kill Americans and Jews is axiomatically described as “peaceful” by liberals. <\/p>\n

As I understand it, the dangerous religion is the one whose messiah instructs: “[I]f one strikes thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” and “Love your enemies … do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you.” The peaceful religion instructs: “Slay the enemy where you find him.” (Surah 9:92). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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