There are parts of the Bible that if interpreted literally would be cruel and violent. For example the Bible (Exodus 21:24 — this week’s’ Torah portion) says that a violent attacker should pay “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Another example is the law where…
Category: Terrorism
Neighbors Who Lack Humanity
We Jews have cried many bitter tears over the last six months. From the brutal murder of the teenagers killed by Hamas terrorists earlier in the summer to the terror attack this week which killed five including rabbis praying at a synagogue and everything in between, this past half year…
The Muslim Response to an Idiotic Film
The anti-Muslim video that has set much of the Muslim world ablaze is truly a mean spirited and offensive portrayal of the prophet Mohammad. If someone created a video portraying Moses, King David or any one of the Jewish holy men in such a fashion I would also be offended….
A Battle Between Good and Evil – Evil Won
It seems so surreal. I have been watching the news that has been coming out of Mumbai, India in virtual horror. Any terror attack targeting innocent people is nothing short of evil. However, this attack has been especially troubling for more reasons than one. We have become accustomed to terror…
“Those who cure you are going to kill you”
‘Those who cure you are going to kill you” were the words of a senior al-Qaeda chief in Jordan to Canon Andrew White, who runs an Anglican church in Baghdad, seemingly in reference to the physician’s plot to kill thousands in England and Scotland. Chillingly these words identify exactly what…
Managing the Fallout of the US Terror Plot
After six Muslims were arrested this week for plotting a terrorist attack on an American army base I heard an interview with a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He was expressing concern for the safety of his community and thus stressing that these six were in no…
A Deadly Epidemic Sweeping across our World
Suicide bombing is in vogue for some of the youth living in our planet. First it was only in Israel but now it has reached the rest of the world as well Not a day goes by without news of a new suicide attack in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel Indonesia or…
Nazis Like We Have Never Seen Before
The two strategies of containment and prevention are the calling of our day. We ignore them at our peril The statement, published this week, by arch Al Qaeda terrorist and mass murderer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is sickening: “I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew,…
9/11 and Biblical Genocide: No Moral Equivalent
The question is stark. Surely the commandment to kill the Amolekites equates with Nazism, Bin Laden and the evil perpetrators of the September 11 attack! This week selebrates the anniversary of a reprehensible act of mass murder. The September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre, Washington and…
Cartoon Riots and An Interfaith Dialog
This week in Lahore, Pakistan, religious parties protesting the publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad by various European newspapers ransacked a McDonald’s outlet and set fire to the outlets of KFC and a foreign cellular service provider. Demonstrators also burned vehicles and about 2,000 sat near the Punjab Assembly, followed…