re: #228 _RememberTonyC

well said, but consider this. in the Old Testament, it is not a far stretch to call the binding of Isaac and his near sacrifice an “honor killing.” but that happened 6000 years ago. the Judeo/Christian religions stopped behaving that way a few hundred years ago. And as a result, have largely been a positive force. in too many parts of today’s world, the treatment of Isaac (and others who have been the victims of honor killings) is considered perfectly OK.

That’s why I say islam needs a modernization program. In America and other nations, individual muslims have value systems that are odds with the head choppers. But the religion is so intertwined with politics that a real reformation is unlikely unless a regime like iran implodes of its own excesses. If that happens, anything is possible.

We could start by funding schools that teach science, math, logic, world literature (Jane Austen you piece of uncovered meat, you!), and so on. Modernization rests on education of the right sort.