Kerfuffles :: March

“Conversion a thorny issue in Muslim world” By Rachel Morarjee and Dan Murphy

That headline from “The Christian Science Monitor” wins as today’s most "understated" reporting from the Mainstream Media. Just imagine for one moment that Christians were tracking down baptised and christened self-proclaimed atheists and beheading them in the town square, or that Christian converts to Islam were being hanged upon the gallows, or that Christians were executing their own family members for being apostates. Does anyone with a brain think that American newspapers would be referring to those happenings as “Conversion a thorny issue in Christian world?”

Come on now Kerfuffles, it could have been worse you say. Look on the bright side. At least they did NOT write: "Conversion a ’sticky wicket’ in Muslim world". TGFSF At least "The Christian Science Monitor" tells up upfront about the so-called mainstream Muslims:

Most mainstream schools of Islamic jurisprudence call for converts to be executed. Though the Koran promises only hellfire for apostates and also says "there should be no compunction in religion,'’ Islamic jurists have typically argued that execution is mandated, citing stories of comments made by the prophet Muhammad. "The prophet Muhammad said that anyone who rejects Islam for another religion should be executed," said Mr. Mawlavezada, the judge.

As they say, "fair is fair" And "just" too, I might add. Non-Muslims should TGFSF.

Linked at Wizbang’s "Abdul Rahman Seeks Asylum" and Mudville Gazette’s Open Post.

UPDATE: Sister Toldjah is wondering where Abdul Rahman is, now that he has been spared the executioner’s axe for converting to Christianity.