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The Real Lesson of Newsweekgate
(FrontPageMagazine.com) Robert Spencer - 17 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in riots by Muslims since Newsweek published its since retracted story about an American interrogator flushing a Koran down the toilet at Guantanamo Bay. The gorilla in the living room that no one wants to notice regarding this story is that flushing a Koran down the toilet should not be grounds to commit murder. No one says anything whatsoever about a culture that condones - celebrates - wanton murder of innocent people, mayhem, and destruction in response to the alleged and unproven destruction of a book. To kill people thousands of miles away who had nothing to do with the act, and to fulminate with threats and murder against the entire Western world, all because of this alleged act, is not just disproportionate. It is not just excessive. It is mad. And every decent person in the world ought to have the courage to stand up and say that it is mad. The writer is director of Jihad Watch.