Murder Has No Religion

[tekisui]

Source: CNN Opinion

By Arsalan Iftikhar

Washington (CNN) -- Most of the world's 1.57 billion Muslims know that the Holy Quran states quite clearly that, "Anyone who kills a human being ... it shall be as though he has killed all of mankind. ... If anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he has saved the lives of all of mankind."

Accordingly, it should come as little surprise to any reasonable observer that when Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan recently committed his shocking acts of mass murder at Fort Hood, Texas, America's Muslim community of over 7 million felt an added sense of horror and sadness at this senseless attack against the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

True to form, many conservative media pundits wasted little time in pointing to reports that Hasan had said "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "God is great") at the start of his murderous rampage. News coverage continuously showed the looping convenience store black-and-white videotape footage of Hasan wearing traditional white Islamic garb.

First of all, someone simply saying "Allahu Akbar" while committing an act of mass murder no more makes their criminal act "Islamic" than a Christian uttering the "Hail Mary" while murdering an abortion medical provider, or someone chanting "Onward, Christian Soldiers" while bombing a gay nightclub, would make their act "Christian" in nature.

Simply put; murder is murder and has no religion whatsoever.

more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/09/iftikhar.fort.hood/?imw=Y

[OneGrassRoot]

1. Another repeated commentary/discussion that struck me as odd....

was how pundits were saying that the fact that Hassan put his religion above country should have been a clue.

Don't most Christians do that...proudly? God theI country.

The hypocrisy of the "pious" never ceases to amaze...

[get the red out]

3. That's what the Republican Party is based on

They put their idea of religion far above this nation and it's people and do everything they can to make sure their religious ideas are the only ones accepted in this culture. It's one of the reasons I see the Republican Party as so dangerous, religious freedom isn't in their play-book. The biggest difference between their religious goals and those of guys like the Taliban is that they have been tempered somewhat by existing so long within western secular law.

[cali]

2. I largely agree with the OP, and certainly murder has no religion but murderous actions

have a long and ignoble history of being connected to the interpretation of a given religion. That's simply a fact.

[ThatsMyBarack]

4. "Murder Has No Religion"

Sounds like the name of a new rock band.