jeremy borger [blog]

There’s an interesting story about a Christian new…

There’s an interesting story about a Christian newspaper being banned from Marc’s, which is a local chain of discount stores.

The newspaper (or magazine. What’s the difference anyway?) was pulled by Marc’s because a Muslim employee and some customers supposedly thought an article about Muslim terrorists kidnapping and abusing a Christian missionary woman was offensive. I wasn’t real happy when I heard about a Christian missionary being abused by Muslims either, but it was probably for different reasons.

Gracia Burnham, was rescued after spending over one year in the southern Philippine jungles as a prisoner of Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim group known for ransom, bombings, assassinations, and extortion. Her husband, Martin Burnham, was killed in the rescue attempt. Christianity Today has a bunch of articles on the subject.

Abu Sayyaf has also been linked with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

So why would some Muslims allegedly be offended by the article and why would Marc’s go as far as banning Connection Magazine? The article isn’t on Connection’s website yet because they wait two months before their articles enter their archive. I imagine that the article says something about Islam being a violent religion, which many Muslims get upset over. It is a violent religion, but here in America, we have more moderate Muslims who claim to not take the violent words of the Quran literally. The problem is that they’re in the minority.

But why would Marc’s take the radical stance of banning Connection Magazine over one article? They wanted the politically correct way out. I can only guess because Marc’s official stance was “No comment.” That never looks good.

It’s strange to me that accepting Islam is the politically correct thing to do. Christians are seen as intolerant. People are questioning whether Christians should try to convert Muslims. But the Islamic response to those to disagree with them isn’t conversion, but murder!

Marc’s is a business and they’re completely free to accept and deny whatever free or paid publications they want to in their stores. I don’t argue with that. But it’s just another sign that public opinion continues to shift against Christianity, especially when it is “intolerant” towards other religions, groups, or people. In the eyes of the world, it doesn’t matter what the truth is, so long as someone’s feeling don’t get hurt and no one is told they’re wrong.