A Stitch in Haste

As for Islam being a "Religion of Peace," keep in mind that the most peaceful place on Earth is a cemetery:

Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say.

The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in Gombe city. It is not clear what she had done to anger the students.

So much for Muslims being "tolerant" of Christians and Jews -- whom they supposedly embrace as "People of the Book." But if the Book isn't the Koran, then it's open season. And isn't "respect for elders" or "respect for teachers" anywhere in the Koran at all?

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Meanwhile:

A German woman judge has refused a Moroccan-born woman permission to file for divorce by interpreting the Koran as allowing husbands to beat their wives.
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"When the Koran takes precedence over the German Basic Law, then I can only say: Good night Germany," Ronald Pofalla, the secretary general of the conservative Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Angela Merkel, told Bild.

From "Sieg Heil!" to "Sharia Heil!"?

Religious law is for houses of worship, not courthouses. Every civilized nation acknowledges this. You would think that the judge (who, interestingly, is not being named) would understand this.

To their credit, moderate German Muslims are decrying the ruling, as is just about every German politician. But what religious practitioners say in public and what they advocate in private are often very different. It remains to be seen whether this abomination stays an isolated, embarrassing incident.