Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi are believed to have killed 12 people at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 8. They were later killed by French security forces. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)
Re: “Was Paris terrorism really about religion?,” Jan. 12 Greg Dobbs column.
Why is Greg Dobbs unwilling to accept the very statements of the terrorists who clearly articulate that they are motivated by their religion? That other factors may be operative in their lives and how they cope with these issues does not whitewash the religious motivation at the very heart of how they live out their lives and the violent “solutions” they perpetrate.
Dobbs’ comments join a long list of “religious apologists” who are also seeking to whitewash the role of religion regarding such massacres as in Paris.
Please check out the Guardian article “Why I’m speaking up for Islam against the loudmouths who have hijacked it” by Maajid Nawaz, a former jihadist who converted to liberalism and is still a Muslim.
Leon Krier,Lakewood
This letter was published in the Jan. 15 edition.
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