Religious tolerance

Orson Scott Card has some comments about religion and tolerance.

Murder in the name of God has struck in America, it seems. A Coptic Christian immigrant family from Egypt was tied up and slashed to death in their homes right after the father posted anti-Muslim statements on the nets. It may turn out that this crime had nothing to do with Muslims. Let's keep in mind, however, that it is well known that murder in the name of God is too often the first response to opposition in many Muslim nations.

We'll no doubt hear admonitions against "rushing to judgment", but you have to admit, the MO is distressingly familiar.

Islam is a one-way religion. You can freely convert to Islam from any other faith. But for a Muslim to convert to another religion is to run a grave risk of being murdered. In free countries like America, where Muslim citizens have absorbed the rules of religious freedom, murder is not as likely, of course. But as Muslim fundamentalism spreads throughout the world, more and more Muslims are being taught that opposition to Islam is a crime worthy of the death penalty – and not just for the perpetrator, but for his whole family as well.

It's interesting how many on the left are keenly aware that religious freedom has to include the freedom to not believe in a religion – as long as the religion that has to tolerate disbelief is Judeo-Christian.

What's shameful is that the people in America who should be standing up for freedom and tolerance – the American Left – instead gives all this hate speech a free ride.

How much tolerance do the intolerant deserve?