It's about control not religion

News out of Somalia.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Radical Islamic militia fighters in Somalia shot and killed two people who were watching a banned World Cup soccer broadcast, a radio station reported Wednesday.

The hard-line Muslim fighters, who have banned watching television, opened fire after a crowd of teenagers defied their orders to leave a hall where a businessman was showing Tuesday's Germany-Italy match on satellite television, according to Shabelle Radio, an independent local station. It said the businessman and a teenage girl were killed.

Hard-line Muslim fighters, who wrested control of the Somali capital from warlords in June, have forbidden people from watching television or movies in line with their strict interpretation of Islam.

Terrble and all frequent news of late.

TFM doesn't or tries not to engage in religion bashing. Bloggers on the internet take stories like this and use it to show that Islam is a religion of fanatics, not peace. Maybe so, but I see something else at work.

Those who apply such restrictions like in Somalia and enfoce them are not applying some religious belief or morals. No, what they are doing is applying controls on what others can see or hear. This is how they maintain their rule.

That's what is at work here. Religion is just a cover for these actions, for there is nothing religious at all in shooting someone or telling them what they may or may not view or read. This is man at work, perverting a religion for their own self-interests. Its in done with Islam, and all religious faiths. People pervert it for their own selfish reasons. None of it is right.

As my title of my post says, what is at work here is control not religion. Remember this the next time you read such a story.

Hat tip- Michelle Malkin . A Blog for All and Alex at OTB are also commenting on this news.
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