Several media outlets are reporting that Egypt has ordered all pigs in the country to be slaughtered, out of concerns over swine flu. What does this have to do with religion? The Wall Street Journal has the best summary:
Egyptian human-rights activists have long complained of discrimination against Copts in education and in governmental [...]
Nicholas Kristof recently wrote on Facebook
I’m struck how many Westerners see Islam as intrinsically violent. No religion is intrinsically anything, in my view. The Bible approves of genocide (those poor Amalekites), the Fifth Dalai Lama ordered massacres, and Shintoism justified atrocities. And yet each has also been an inspiration at times for peace and justice. [...]
Amidst the presidential elections and economic turmoil in the U.S., American media has largely ignored the violence against Christians in India. 52 Christians in Orissa have been killed by Hindu extremists, as scapegoats for the murder of a Hindu leader by a Maoist group. Edward T. Oakes, S.J. puts the violence in perspective at [...]
