To defeat the Islamic State we must first remove Bashar al-Assad
I recently traveled from Morocco to Fishers, Ind., to lead funeral prayers for Peter Kassig, an American aid worker killed by terrorists from the so-called “Islamic State.” On behalf of the Syrian people, I offered my condolences to Kassig’s parents and extended my thanks for his heroic efforts. It was the least I could do for a courageous American who gave up his comfortable life in the United States to serve desperate civilians in war-torn Syria.
It is unfortunately not surprising that the Islamic State brutally beheaded Peter — who was also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig, the name he took after his conversion to Islam following his capture — even as he was fulfilling the prophet Muhammad’s directive to “show mercy toward those on earth, so that you may receive mercy from heaven.”… Seguir leyendo »