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Consider the following paragraph by one Scott Stephens, Religion and ethics editor of the ABC, and think about what he is complaining about: Read More…
At the moment in America there is a whole controversy being manufactured around Muslims wanting to build a “mosque” near where the two towers once stood – Ground Zero.
There is a certain same-ness to extreme religion that cuts across religious barriers. The radical Christian who thinks Harry Potter is the devil, is pretty much the same person as the radical Muslim who thinks watching soccer is un-Islamic.
One of the things that annoys me is when the priveledged feel the the knee-jerk need to defend inequality.
Take the following example, a relatively minor case where Cherie Blair suspended a Muslim man’s criminal sentence for breaking someone’s jaw – saying “I am going to suspend this sentence for the period of two years based on the fact you are a religious person and have not been in trouble before.”
There are several problems with this statement.
