An Iranian woman reads prayers during a funeral procession for martyrs of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Atta Kenare / AFP-Getty ImagesLearning to Live With Radical Islam -- Newsweek
We don't have to accept the stoning of criminals. But it's time to stop treating all Islamists as potential terrorists.
Pakistan's Swat valley is quiet once again. Often compared to Switzerland for its stunning landscape of mountains and meadows, Swat became a war zone over the past two years as Taliban fighters waged fierce battles against Army troops. No longer, but only because the Pakistani government has agreed to some of the militants' key demands, chiefly that Islamic courts be established in the region. Fears abound that this means women's schools will be destroyed, movies will be banned and public beheadings will become a regular occurrence.
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Pakistan Christians Nervous about Sharia Law Enforcement -- The Christian Post
Christians in Pakistan voiced serious concerns about government allowing Islamic laws to be enforced in certain terrorist prone areas, noting that while not many Christians directly live in the affected areas there are thousands that live nearby.
“We are very much concerned about these developments. It does not augur well for us,” said Victor Azariah, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Pakistan, according to Ecumenical News International.
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