14 Aug 2015
Evil Done in the Name of God
This week, reports of the systematic use of rape, slavery and sex trafficking by the Islamic State emerged, and that the practice is called for in the Qu’ran, that it is a kind of worship. There are those who have always used religion to justify unacceptable behavior, says Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co–founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, but in the wake of these reports we can never say again that we didn’t know what was happening – “We now know, the only question really is what are we going to do about it?”