It’s hard to think about the Sept. 11 attacks without thinking about the place of religious violence in the world today. But whatever concerns I had Tuesday, were tragically magnified by the murder of J. Christopher Stevens, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, and three of his staff, in Benghazi, Libya.
Even if they had not been murdered though, the question of religious violence would have been on my mind as Sept. 11 approached and was observed.
How could it not be, when the single worst terrorist attack on American soil was done in the name of God? And, as I was reminded in the last few days, I was not the only one thinking about religious violence….
[i]when the single worst terrorist attack on American soil was done in the name of God?[/i]
Pardon me? I thought to myself when I read this. The attacks were done in the name of Allah, certainly not the god of the children of Abraham.
But, then I went to go read about Brad Hirschfield….rabbi, “builder of bridges across faiths”, who believes in pluralism and hosts a show called “Building Bridges” on the American Muslim TV Network.
What? You never heard of the American Muslim TV network? They, along with a whole bunch of other alphabet-soup Muslim organizations in this country, are shaping the news you hear and will be writing our history from a ahem, Muslim perspective.
Now the article in the WaPo makes much more sense…….