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August 25, 2004
Killing Noncombatants Is Not The Islamic Way
[Orginally published in National Review Online]
After my article, "An Islamic Denunciation of al Qaeda Killings," appeared on NRO, Andrew McCarthy published a response that both welcomed and criticized my argument. I welcome his commentary as well, for it helps me elaborate my case. But I have to be critical too.
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August 12, 2004
An Islamic Condemnation of Al Qaeda Killings
[Originally published in National Review Online]
Paul Johnson, an American engineer, was killed by al Qaeda after being kidnapped, as was Kim Sun-il, a 33-year-old South Korean. So was Nick Berg savagely slaughtered by militants. These horrible episodes are disgusting, by every human standard. What makes them even more repulsive is that they are committed in the name of Islam.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Islam presents the principles of just war, and kidnapping noncombatants, killing them, or threatening to do so are overtly against those principles.
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