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Letters: Priest's killing violates Islamic beliefs

ISSUE | TERRORISM Priest's killing a sin Two men, purportedly "soldiers of the Islamic State," killed an 85-year-old priest in Normandy, France, Tuesday ("France recoils at priest killing," Wednesday). The prophet Muhammad commanded, in a covenant with St. Catherine's monastery, that Christians should not be "offended or disturbed or coerced or compelled."

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ISSUE | TERRORISM

Priest's killing a sin

Two men, purportedly "soldiers of the Islamic State," killed an 85-year-old priest in Normandy, France, Tuesday ("France recoils at priest killing," Wednesday). The prophet Muhammad commanded, in a covenant with St. Catherine's monastery, that Christians should not be "offended or disturbed or coerced or compelled."

In Islam, Christians are considered "People of the Book" and must be treated with respect and justice. Tuesday's attack was by definition un-Islamic, and this radical group needs to be stopped.

The head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has said that we need to cut off the funding to these groups.

|Madeel Abdullah, Newtown Square, madeel1@gmail.com