The difference between extremists in Christianity, Islam and Judaism is in the percentages. A very small percent (almost vanishingly small) of Christian and Jewish followers appear to actively connect God and Violence. Some do, there is no doubt. But, the majority neither agree, approve or support these fundamentalists. In the current state of Islam, we still have a small percentage of the overall followers or are violent, but the majority don’t seem to shed these fellows as readily as the other two. There certainly are some Muslims who have rejected this extremist position, but they are also a minority.

I find all organized religions seem to hold the potential for danger. Anytime you have a large group of followers that accept ‘truth’ from a central source, there exists the potential for dangerous Dogmas and fundamentalist behaviors. This could be true no matter the position (That is an organized religion could become dangerously dogmatic about pro-choice or pro-life). Of course, this danger isn’t relegated to those systems that claim Abraham. Any system where the followers absolutely accept X as TRUE run this risk. Be it Global Warming, Abortion or the state of the State of Israel.

So, in some sense, I think its good to examine the fundamentalists on all sides… after all, if the Muslims had taken stock of their “Warriors for God” fifty years ago, we may not have the problems we have today. ANY position where an individual claims a right to violence based on their religious belief appears dangerous to me. However, that doesn’t mean that all of those religions are currently equal in danger, perhaps only that they all have the potential to become dangerous, as Islamic radicalism currently is.

Islam is DIFFERENT from Christianity and Judaism.

It certainly is.

Before making stone-headed remarks about religious equivalency, secularists should first read the Torah, the Bible and the Koran. I defy you to find exhortations to murder unbelievers wherever they may be found in either the Torah or the Bible.

The Hagia Sophia is now a museum, and has been since 1935.

If CNN mistakenly broadcast CNN International into everyday American homes their Atlanta offices would be burned to the ground by an angry mob within a matter of hours.

This has been a standard liberal tactic for decades–no, for generations. In its original form it was the standard fall-back position for situations when liberals could not deny the evils of communism. In such cases the tactic was to claim that America was “just as bad.”

Christiane Amanpour is just doing what our traitors have been doing for a long, long time.