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Published Brownsville Herald Jan 18, 2009

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is a good premise to live by but unfortunately does not have the same result, everywhere.

In the case of religious choice the hate because of a supposed different, in fact not trusting or liking someone that is somehow different than your self is bigotry.

This bigotry is very evident when it erupts into hostility which has become very evident in the Middle East in the last few years.

In earlier years the Inquisition looked very similar.

Even within the different religious groups many segments have split off the original Christian Church and still bear some hostility.

Currently, the most dangerous conflict relates to what is being referred to as Fundamentalist or Radical Islam. In her book “They Must be stopped” best selling writer Brigitte Gabriel states that all non-Muslims are regarded as enemies worthy of death. They also believe that since any treaties are not valid they can treat them merely as tools to permit rearming. That seems to agree with the activities that we now see in regard to Iran backed Hamas.

I don’t know whether that is the case all the time but certainly worth being taken into consideration. More »