Mark Steyn’s recent article entitled Qu’ran Desecration Crock a Win for Jihad Spin Docs would seem to have passed without any notice by those who are outraged by the alleged desecration of Islamic artifacts. Mr. Steyn points out that when Zimbabwe’s president for life Robert Mugabe destroyed an Islamic mosque, there were no angry voices demanding that he be turned over to an Islamic court for punishment. I wonder where prominent Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan stands on this issue. But we did hear Atta el-Manan Bakhit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference calling on Washington to show “no leniency” toward those who mishandled the Qu’ran.

We also do not hear voices of outrage demanding an end to the on-going bloodshed between Arab Muslims and African Muslims in the Sudan. This is an interesting aspect of the Darfur conflict that no one seems to want to talk about, and so I wonder where Jesse Jackson — as a prominent black Christian — and Louis Farrakhan stand, as a matter of principle you understand, on Arabs murdering blacks.

We also do not seem to hear much from Amnesty International about Mugabe’s activities (he also destroyed Christian churches) which involve deurbanizing Zimbabwe’s cities, forcing people into the fields. AI has also chosen not to make any accusations respecting the Darfur situation. Neither has the United Nations denounced these activities. Let’s see — who else have we not heard from? Oh, yes . . . we are still waiting for an uproar from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, or any Islamic council or organization that vigorously protects the rights of Muslims. Should we conclude, in the absence of any outrage from any source whatsoever, that the incidents described in Zimbabwe and the Sudan are not human rights abuses?

On the real issues facing a troubled world, the silence is deafening. Gee. I wonder why.

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