Europeans have supplanted backbones with capitulation By Jonathan Last

The Rev. Tiny Muskens, a Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands, has a novel idea. His excellency recently proposed that, in the name of religious toleration and understanding, Christians refer to their God as "Allah."

Perhaps the good bishop believes that if Christians use the name "Allah," then Muslims will be more kindly disposed toward them. Perhaps he even believes that Muslim extremists will be less likely to butcher them, as they did filmmaker Theo van Gogh.

You'll recall that in 2004 a man named Mohammed Bouyeri attacked van Gogh on a Dutch street in broad daylight. Bouyeri shot van Gogh eight times, slashed his throat so deeply that his head was nearly severed, and, for good measure, stabbed two knives deep into his chest. Pinned beneath the second dagger was a note listing Bouyeri's Islamic grievances.

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