Thursday, November 12, 2009

On Religous Terrorism

Filed under: Religion | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland @ 12:44 pm
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Curious indeed, how fast the public commentators raise the specter of religiously motivated terrorism in the case of Major Nidal Hassan — and never raise it in other instructive cases. It is an equal opportunity disease — though as far as I can find, no committed agnostic has ever engaged in killing others because they believed…

From Glenn Greenwald:

Alleged Jewish terrorist: I know God is pleased

The Jerusalem District Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday charged alleged Jewish terrorist Yaakov (Jack) Teitel with two murders, three attempted murders and other acts of violence.

“It was a pleasure and an honor to serve my God,” said Teitel at the Jerusalem courthouse. “I have no regret and no doubt that God is pleased.”

Teitel also denied recent reports that he had operated as an undercover Shin Bet agent. .. . The indictment also lists Teitel’s efforts for more than a decade to harm Arabs, gays and lesbians, leftists, police officers and messianic Jews.

Greenwald

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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debt and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison, 1795



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