Why don’t Muslims practice what they preach? They insist that millions of radical jihadists throughout the world are unrepresentative of Islam. According to Muslims, this myriad of mujahideen is but a little fringe element of their faith attempting to hijack their peaceful religion. At the same time, when one pastor of a small church in America announces an “International Burn a Koran Day,” Muslims unhesitatingly take up their brushes to quickly paint all Christians and Americans as hatemongers and Islamophobes.

How can Muslims explain away millions of “death to America” chanting radicals as being unrepresentative of their faith and at the same time condemn all Christians and Americans for the actions of a single American pastor? Go figure! 

According to the Founder of the Christian faith, Jesus Christ, we should judge others as we ourselves want to be judged (Matthew 7:1-2). Apparently, the founder of Islam, Mohammed, didn’t share our Savior’s sentiments nor teach his followers the same truth. Consequently, Mohammedans employ a double standard by which they and others are to be judged. On the one hand, they are never to be tainted by daily acts of terror perpetrated throughout the world in the name of their god. On the other hand, Christians and Americans are to be excoriated the instant an unprecedented act is performed by a lone American perpetrator who happens to profess to be a Christian.

In commemoration of the September 11 terrorist attack upon our nation, Rev. Terry Jones, pastor of a small church in Gainesville, Florida, has planned a Koran burning. Thanks to his planned use of the Koran for kindling, Mr. Jones has generated more media attention in Gainesville than the last Tim Tebow jump pass. 

In its typical attempt to twist the news into a personally preferred flavor for its readers’ consumption, the New York Times reported about a small Muslim girl in Gainesville waking up in the middle of the night to ask her mother, “Why do they hate us?” While no one should be insensitive toward such concerns of little children, I can’t help but wonder how many little children, whose parents were killed at Ground Zero, have woke up in the middle of the night asking, “Why do they hate us?” Let’s face it, the burning of a few Korans in Gainesville is one thing, but the burning of the Twin Towers at Ground Zero was something else altogether. 

In case you’re wondering, I do not endorse Rev. Jones’ bonfire of the surahs. Yet, I must admit, I find it less disturbing than Muslims dancing in the streets over 9/11 or Hamas terrorists burning Bibles, torching churches and terrorizing Christians in Gaza City. As far as I’m concerned, if Allah is “all-powerful,” as Muslims claim, then, he ought to be able to contend for himself and preserve his own word (Judges 6:28-31). Surely, he can avenge himself over a few burned Korans without any assistance from armed terrorists who appear ever-ready to do all of his fighting for him. 

When it comes to Christianity, Christ forbid His followers from taking up the sword in His defense (Matthew 26:52). He is completely capable of contending for Himself. And as far as His Word (the Bible) is concerned, it is still the world’s bestseller and most translated book, despite the fact that no book in history has garnered more opposition or had more antagonists devoted to its destruction. 

It seems to me that the book of God should be defended by the God of the book. Any god incapable of doing so, as is proven by the need of human intervention in the preservation of his word, is a pretender rather than contender. If your god is so weak as to need you to do his fighting for him, then, he’s certainly unworthy of your worship and his word ought to be thrown into the fire.