Three explosions rocked Gaza City early Sunday, damaging two Internet cafes and a Christian bookstore. No one was hurt and no group claimed responsibility for the blasts, which took place around 3 a.m. local time, Palestinian security officials said. But heavy external damage was visible at the three stores. At the bookstore, which is funded by American Protestants and known as the Bible Society, a number of books were also burned in the explosion.Islamist gangs in Gaza have been blowing up impure infidels and apostates for years, but they've really kicked it up a notch in the last couple months. The targeting of the Christian bookstore is kind of new and charming though. Also, it gives us a chance to recycle one of our favorite Reuters quotes:
Despairing of life under Israeli occupation, many Palestinian Christians are moving abroad, threatening their ancient links to Bethlehem and the land where Jesus was born... Christian leaders say they face no religious persecution from the Palestinian Muslim majority or from Israel.That sounded as stupid last year as it does now.
[Cross-posted to Mere Rhetoric]
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There are more bookstores per capita in Israel than anywhere else outside of the US. Perhaps Muslims are trying to change that statistic because it makes them look like ignorant savages, which of course cannot be true.
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