The vandalism at the Islamic mosque in Twin Falls is no way to treat a neighbor. To call anyone a neighbor is not to say one agrees with the religious tenants of that same neighbor. There are civil ways to communicate ones political, religious, or philosophical positions. Throwing a rock through a window is not that way.
Engage with kindness, respect, courage, and bold words, not by cowardly throwing a rock at personal property.
One has to also be sure not to use works as verbal rocks. Right now it’s not clear if the rock thrown through the window at the Islamic mosque was a direct “hate” crime of one religious/political person against another. It could as well be the activity of unsupervised hooligan activity.
In either case, it is the activity of cowardice foolishness. No self respecting person can defend that activity as right or respectful of a neighbor.
To be sure, where I hold that the God of the Bible is an altogether different god of the Koran or the Book of Mormon, I do not agree with this kind of juvenile behavior.
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