Censorship, Silence, Jihad Atrocities In Mozambique And Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, a horrific massacre of innocent Muslim students by Islamist jihadists barely registers on the world stage. The violent fanatics win in the face of silence.

In Mozambique, Islamic jihadists just wiped out an entire village, beheading and mutilating over 50 people. Many bodies were cut into pieces. The world outcry was once again nonexistent. The jihadists ran off with female girls and women - their new sex slave captives - the few they did not murder. 

Did this make front page news? Did it make back page news? It made barely any news. The jihadists are not only in North Africa killing, mutilating and taking sex slaves. They have reached the south of Africa.

The violence and slaughter will be ignored. It is off limits to challenge, to question, to examine the religious passages and ideologies that inspire and motivate such brutality.

It is not enough to say that most followers of a religion are not violent when this silences the questioning of what it is that motivates those that are violent.

 The censorship of the questioning of religious texts, ideas and beliefs ensures that violent fanatics prevail and translate their violent ideas and beliefs into violent actions.

Religion mixed with hate, intolerance and violence is toxic and must be challenged regardless of the religion, place or source from which it emanates. Every religion must reform and change to ensure hatred and violence does not prevail. Violent and hateful ideas and beliefs must be challenged before they manifest into war and violence. Censorship of the questioning of religious ideas and beliefs that lead to violence and hate only benefits those that want hate, violence and terror.