May 9, 2019 Daniel Shoer Roth The Miami Herald

May 9, 2019

Daniel Shoer Roth

The Miami Herald

RE: A gift that keeps on giving – More comments and updates on your Sunday article on how tough it is to be a Muslim in America.

Mr. Roth, 

As a proud legatee of DWEMs, White Privilege, and an elitist education, let me say that you are like a metaphorical case of herpes – the gift that keeps on giving.

You told us on Sunday last of the pain of a Muslim family having to tell their 11-year-old about the multiple deaths of Muslims in New Zealand on March 15^th. Understandably, no mention of the deaths of several hundred Roman Catholics by Muslims in Sri Lanka is made because it would take away from the theme of your story. All deaths because of religion are equal but some deaths because of religion are more equal than others, right?

When was the last time anyone in this country, Muslim or not, was charged with blasphemy” Beyond being charged, how about tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for it?

I mention this because this morning’s Miami Herald tells us on Page 8A of a Pakistani woman, Aasia Bibi, who was tried and convicted of blasphemy. She was sentenced to death for the crime of “insulting Islam”.

What would they have done with Dante? You have heard of The Divine Comedy, haven’t you? What would have happened if “Piss Christ” had been called “Piss Mohammed”? Would some feral WOGs have blown up the World Trade Center? Wait a minute. They’ve already done that. This story has a happy ending. She was plucked off Death Row and sent to Canada. Has CAIR – the Council on American-Islamic Relations – had any comment on that?

The picture accompanying your Sunday article shows a 9-year-old daughter, Noor Dalal. Isn’t she close to the age for her to be “de-clited”? Would it be “culturally arrogant” of me to ask if there is an official position or is it local option? Will anyone at the Islamic Center of greater Miami be competing for this year’s Profile in Courage award by condemning either or both? How Akbar is Allah?

Kevin Smith

WARRIORBARDIT@BELLSOUTH.NET