It is impracticable to rationally argue with those who are essentially irrational. Many of us have tirelessly tried to wrangle with those who want to ‘kill all Muslims’ whenever someone claiming to be a Muslim is accused of carrying out or planning to carry out an attack somewhere in the world. The ‘debate’ rages on, not because of the power of its logic, but because of the heavy price of blood and gore that continues to be paid due to the deliberate misinformation, utter lies and subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) intellectual racism that defines much of the American media and academic discourses.
Umayyad Mosque’s Minaret Destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed on 24 April, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the tiled courtyard.
