The vicious and violent incidents in Sydney and Peshawar this week clearly demonstrate the cruel and ugly character of the people responsible for the incidents. A lone gunman takes 17 people hostage in a café in Sydney. The gun man has always portrayed himself as a man of religion. In Peshawar the Taliban killed 132 school children. They broke into a school run by the military and they ruthlessly fired shots at the children. The Taliban claim they practice a strict form of Islam. Religion inspired and religion focussed, the members of the Taliban consider themselves to be holier than anyone ... [read more]