[miltonim]

Basrah is populated by 100,000 Christians. About 2000 of them have already left their hometown and migrated to other cities such as Baghdad and Mosul, the rest are living in fear for their lives. Some of them are wondering if they were not better off with Saddam and the secular Ba'ath in power.

[McGavin999]

Here's the rest of it that you forgot to post.

So Muslim clerics worldwide should gather and either renounce these inciting verses or issue fatwas that they are inapplicable in todays world. One cannot say that he truly believes in the holy message of peace and tolerance in the Quran and yet at the same time ignore these violent and scary verses. It would result in double talk and inconsistency in thought and behaviour which in extreme cases lead to terrorism. It has to be one way or the other. Muslim leaders should make a choice to put an end to all the bloodshed in the name of the divine Allah and his messenger.