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ISIS Militants Turning Capitalists

Another cold-hearted action: ISIS militants recently killed a group of Ethiopian Christians in Libya for being Christian.  They did it, of course, in the name of their vision of Allah.  It was a terrible case of man’s inhumanity to man.

There’s an irony to their actions, though.  These “true-belivers” gave the Christians a chance to live, if they’d convert to Islam.  I understand that, sort of.  What I don’t understand, though, is the victims’ other option, which was to pay a tax to remain Christian.  These people would still be Christian, wouldn’t they, and an affront to the militants’ vision of Allah?

I guess even those who fight for all that’s holy can be bought off. Is Western capitalism taking hold within ISIS?