21 Coptic Christian Martyrs |
Attempting
to defend Islam at all costs and/or argue that it is entirely comparable with
Christianity is erroneous and problematic.
There are testimonies—both past
and present—that give witness of the differences and struggles when
encountering Islam. Robert
Hoyland has surveyed Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian sources from the 7th
century through the 11th century showing there are “real and substantial”
differences. Father
Henri Boulad, an Egyptian Greek Melkite Jesuit, has argued that, “by
defending at all costs Islam and seeking to exonerate it from the horrors
committed every day in its name, one ends up betraying the truth.” I myself remember the 21 Christian Coptic
martyrs who were killed on February 15, 2015 by masked ISIS terrorists. I also recall Father Jacques Hamel, the
French Catholic priest, who was martyred on July 26, 2016 by two Muslim men who
were aligned with ISIS.
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