Christianity vs. Islam

[Sundae]

Depends what you mean about "speak out". In the 70s and 80s when Protestants and Catholics were murdering eachother (and anyone else in their way) in Northern Ireland, my parents didn't raise any official protests. I don't remember our priest criticising them during his sermons each week at Mass, or the nuns at my convent school fulminating against them in the classroom.

But I was in no doubt that the Catholics I knew and associated with had no connection with those wearing balaclavas, blowing up pubs and shopping centres and killing builders and taxi drivers.

I knew Catholics of Polish, Italian, Irish and British (ie mongrel!) descent. We didn't march, write letters to the newspapers, sign petitions or make banners. We did pray for peace, and that the hatred that made countrymen kill eachother could be lifted from men's hearts.

This was at a time when money was raised "for the cause" in America.

Violence where the victims are identified by their religion is rarely actually about religion.