“Paradise is for those of pure hearts. All children have pure hearts. They have not sinned yet… They have not yet been corrupted [by their kafir parents]. We did not end their lives. We gave them new ones, in Paradise, where they will be loved more than you can imagine.”
These are the words of a Taliban supporter questioned following an attack on a school in the Pakistan city of Peshawar on Wednesday the 17th of December 2014. During the attack Taliban militants massacred 132 children. Some as young as 8 and 9 years were found with as many as four bullets holes in their faces, chests and heads. When the school principal pleaded with the attackers to take her life and spare those of the children, they killed her, set her alight and forced the children to watch.
Despite the obvious Islamic motivation of this and other acts of terrorism, the view of the political left, most recently represented by Ben Affleck on Bill Maher’s talk show, Real Time, is that Islam is not to blame and that any criticism thereof is racist and Islamaphobic. This political correctness is playing into the hands of Islamic jihadists such as Taliban, ISIS and Boko Haram. They rub their hands in glee as Islam enjoys protection from criticism.
How many more children does religion have to kill to change your mind, Ben?
Teenage Daydream 