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What would cause a man to kill another man for drawing a picture of a man he has never seen?
Faith and beliefs are powerful things. The drive of the abstract to influence the concrete perhaps speaks to a higher power, but at the same time an action taken such as this may just further highlight flaws in a human condition.
A man's faith was offended, and the offender who sees things differently must pay with his life. Not by the decree of the prophet who was depicted, but by a man who claims superior knowledge of Islamic law.
And if this man is killed, then what is solved? Or rather, what is proven true? The beliefs that the victim held: Religious extremism is a dangerous thing when it condones murder.
And it wouldn't matter if it were in the name of Christianity (i.e. The Crusades, The Inquisition, or Colonization), or if it were Islam. This time it just happens to be in the name of Islam.
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