The Ignorance of Some Religious Leaders

The Ignorance of Some Religious Leaders


It has become painfully clear that some Christian leaders have taken the same route as some of their Islamic brethren.

The Reverend Terry Jones in Florida plans to burn the Koran publicly on the 9th Anniversary of the 911 tragedy to commemorate that atrocity.

How appropriate. A religious leader interprets the Koran in a twisted way to justify the 911 attack and another religious leader interprets the Koran in a twisted way to justify his publicly burning the Koran as retribution for the 911 attack.

I do not know if the Rev. Jones has read the Koran, but I doubt it. After 911, I bought a Koran and read it cover to cover, it is not long, my edition is a little over 400 pages. I bought a second edition to determine if there were any major differences, there were not, and then bought an electronic version to be able to search for words and phrases.

There is nothing in the Koran that justifies the atrocity of the 911 event, nor is there anything in the Koran that justifies the continual atrocities of the Al Queda or the Taliban. Those organizations are following extremist religious leaders who have interpreted the Koran in their own twisted ways for their own selfish reasons.

As with the many Christian sects there are many different religious leaders who interpret the Bible in many different ways. Some good, some bad. So it is with Islam. Sadly, many of the Islamic leaders in the Middle East have taken the extreme in their interpretations. Note that although there are thousands of Mosques and millions of people who are members of them here in the United States they do not kill each other or kill Christians, or maim and torture their members for various religious infractions. They do not blow up the Mosques of other sects during prayers. What is the difference? It is simply that some Islamic leaders are rational human beings who practice their religion in a peaceful way and there are some that are not rational and interpret the Koran in a manner that justifies, in their minds, the atrocities that we read about every day occurring in the Islamic countries abroad.

The Rev. Jones is as ignorant as they are and one who acts on ignorance is stupid for insisting on burning the Koran. It is not the Koran that is at fault, it is those who interpret it for evil purposes. The Rev Jones is just as guilty.