Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Political Violence of the Bible and the Koran

By | 2010-09-10T18:31:00-04:00 September 10th, 2010|Op-Eds|

One of the most frequently used arguments heard in the defense of Islam is that the Bible is just as violent as the Koran. The logic goes like this. If the Koran is no more violent than the Bible, then why should we worry about Islam? This argument is that Islam is the same as Christianity and Judaism.

Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders

By | 2010-09-09T20:54:00-04:00 September 9th, 2010|News|

An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal.