Was Terry Jones Wrong?

On March 20^th the Rev. Terry Jones held a trial on whether the Quran was dangerous and responsible for violence. After the “jury” found the Quran guilty Jones ordered the Quran burned.  This sparked violence in Afghanistan resulting in at least 11 deaths including some United Nations workers. Was Terry Jones wrong in burning the Quran knowing there would be a possibility of violence by Muslim extremists?

In this country we have something called the Constitution which allows the citizens of this country the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech means citizens are allowed to say whatever they would like even in a public forum, no matter if some may consider it offensive. Surely there are those who will argue this would be no different than someone yelling “Fire” in a crowded theater resulting in panic, but can we control what goes on in other countries?

While burning the Quran may not have been the best choice Jones could have made, he is free to do it. What we have to realize in this case is radical Islamists will use any excuse to incite violence especially against the United States and their interests. If it hadn’t have been the Quran burning by Terry Jones they would find something else. Perhaps an article such as this, condemning Muslim extremists could be enough, it doesn’t matter to them. They are religious zealots who hate this country and all it stands for. They only use something like this to “justify” their actions to the world. They look for excuses for such actions.

Yet the mainstream media and our own elected officials don’t condemn them, they only condemn the Rev. Jones and ask us, the American people to be tolerant, when the Islamists are anything but. Islam is not the religion of peace as they claim. The interesting thing about this is the left fails to realize just what will happen if they continue to let the nation of Islam to gain footholds in this country.

 Does the progressive left truly believe if Muslims take over this country, which is a very real possibility, that they will be protected from Sharia  law just because they showed how tolerant they were? Let’s see how long same sex marriages are allowed or open displays by the gay community. Let’s see how tolerant the Muslims will be of free press and free speech or even other religions.

Do we need to fight back and take an eye for an eye? No. But we do need to condemn not only the actions of Rev. Terry Jones but also the actions of the radicals in Afghan. That is the piece which is missing here.

While I believe it was wrong for Rev. Jones to burn the Quran, let's not forget he does have the right to do so. It is the Muslim extremists who are wrong in killing innocent people. Catholics don't nail innocents to a cross if a Muslim burns a bible do they? The religion of peace is anything but and they are the only religion which uses violence to make a statement.