Leonard Pitts’ April 18 column, “Quiz shows quandary of quoting Quran,” had a quandary of its own. Pitts used three quotes from the Bible and one from the Quran as a demonstration of violent injunctions in each holy book. Unfortunately, his point was that Christian holy literature was more bellicose than Muslim holy literature. The quotations in Deuteronomy and Numbers were aimed at Jews. There were no Christians to command at that time. The quotation from Jesus in Matthew was making the point that Christians would face the sword, not use it.
Rae Getsfrid
Vancouver
