Sacred Beliefs Quotes
This quotation illustrates how irrational this terrorist had been. He actually said that religious faith and belief is less important than the repulsing an enemy who is attacking that faith. The result is that he and his followers used methods that were immoral and hateful to the very religion he was “defending”. There is a logical parallel with those in the West who would give up Constitutional Rights to defend the Constitution from enemies.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews. That was particularly true of Egypt which commonly insulted Christianity and Judaism and the government always claimed that they could not interfere with private publications and broadcasts because Egypt had freedom of speech and the press.
