Fr. Edward Beck asks whether the backlash against Muslims in the United States, exemplified by the frenzied opposition to the proposed Park 51 mosque in lower Manhatten, a recent attack against a taxi driver in NYC because he said he was Muslim, and Pastor Terry Jones’ Dove World Outreach Center’s plans to burn copies of the Quran, is a betrayal of Judeo-Christian values and the antithesis of Jesus’ teachings.
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- Fr. Edward Beck on the Power of Charity (thepassionists.org)
The answer lies in the parable of “The Good Samaritan.” Can we say of any of those folks Fr. Ed mentions that “he was moved with compassion”?