Persecution of religious minorities.

Of 11 countries on the [United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s] Watch List, six have majority Islamic populations: Afghanistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Somalia, Tajikistan, and Turkey. Of three countries being "closely monitored," two, Bangladesh and Kazakhstan, are majority Muslim. That is 17 of 27.

International Christian Concern publishes a "Hall of Shame" naming the ten worst persecutors. Six of them -- Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia -- have Muslim majorities.

In fact, it is unusual to find an Islamic nation where religious minorities are not discriminated against, both legally and socially. One of the best predictors that a government persecutes, or fails to protect religious minorities from persecution, is that the majority faith is Islam.

Eek and double eek. It’s enough to shake one’s faith in Islam, this is. More to the point. To suggest Islam has anything to do with this persecution of kaffirs is just racist, pure and simple.

Come on!

"Interfaith Dialogue: The Great Unmentionable." By Doug Bandow, American Spectator, 5/19/09.