“It was Islam…that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment.” — Barack Obama, Cairo, June 4, 2009
A beheaded student? What’s the big deal! They invented algebra!
“Militants behead Afghan university student,” from Xinhua, June 19 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
KABUL, June 19 (Xinhua) — Several armed militants entered the compound of Kandahar University in south Afghanistan Friday and after beheading a student took away another.
“The gruesome incident occurred at 11:00 a.m. local time when several unknown armed militants entered the compound while students were enjoying weekly holiday (Friday) in the garden of university and horribly beheaded Mushtaq Ahmad and took away another,” Ahmad Shah a student of the university told Xinhua.
The terrified Shah added that Mushtaq was a student of grade fourth of medical faculty of Kandahar university….