Piece of Religion

In yesterday's column, I in no way suggested all Muslims were fanatical or violent in the profession of their faith. Clearly though, a substantial number of Muslims are willing to murder. They feel by killing those who believe differently from them they are serving a divine obligation. If only ten percent of Muslims are violent Islamists, that still means that there are one hundred and fifty million people out there in this world who are eager to murder people who do not believe precisely as they do. That would amount to a death cult equal in numbers to half the population of the USA, and that many fanatics can do unfathomable damage. The most disturbing aspect of Islam is the silence of Muslims who do not adhere to the death cult. Perhaps they are (justifiably) afraid, but I hear little of good Muslims denouncing the murder of religious minorities and almost nothing of tolerant Muslims taking up arms to defend the lives of neighbors who believe differently.