Wendy E. Long Quotes
Christians are being persecuted, not just in the Middle East but here in this country.
Long, Wendy. Interview. National Catholic Register, 28 Oct. 2016.
The implication of a double moral standard for adherents of the faith and for others has been characteristics of many religions.
This sura has unfortunately been used by some Serbians and other Christians to justify ethnic cleansing against Muslims.
It is this verse that for some Muslims justifies terrorism against non-Muslims. See {584354} for a specific example. There are similar provisions in the Old Testament which a few extremely conservative Jews and Christians have used to advocate for blasphemy being a capital crime. Note that if an unbeliever repents and becomes a Muslim, he should be spared.
He is a Greek Orthodox Christian, and he correctly observes that the Islamic world was considerably more tolerant than the Christian until the 18th century when Islam had become less tolerant in the Middle East while the Christians were modernizing and going through a cultural and intellectual enlightenment and societal modernization while the Muslims, became less tolerant than they were in earlier years leading to the modern situation.
Wendy Elizabeth Long is an American attorney from New York. A Republican, Long ran for the United States Senate in 2012 and in 2016, losing to incumbent Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, respectively.
