We were talking at work about the terrorism seen in Boston this week. One of my coworkers asked what is it about the Muslims. My comment was that it is not Muslims that behave in this terroristic way, it is the fanatical groups like Al Qaeda.
I went on to explain that I see Al Qaeda as the Muslim version of the Klu Klux Klan. We agreed that the Klan members claim to be Christian, but their violent racist behavior is not Christian. And even with the advances of integration in this country, the Klan still has followers and there are White Supremists in this country who are capable of that kind of terrorism. We acknowledged that the Klan does not do international terrorism. But it helps us to think about the difference between Muslims and Al Qaeda.
Fanaticism about anything is dangerous. "Anything in excess is too much."
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