PITA: "The Prophet Mohammed loved animals"

We can always count on PITA to give us a good laugh.

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PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) President Ingrid E. Newkirk said last Thursday at the International Nonviolence Conference in Bethlehem, “we call all attacks on civilians, whether against Palestinians in Jenin or Israelis in Tel Aviv, what they are: War crimes.”

The three-day conference, which was sponsored by the Holy Land Trust and Nonviolence International, was attended by local Palestinian politicians such as Bethlehem governor Salah Tamari, who delivered a speech on behalf of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who was also on hand for the event.

Newkirk spoke directly of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"What a wonderful thing, to get away from the obsession with the identity of the victims of violence and concentrate on stopping the violence itself," she said.

PETA's president also addressed religious connotations of the animal rights issue, and citing the Quran, which she said preached kindness towards animals, and stated that all creatures of Allah are sentient beings, enough to attract our kindness, love, feelings, and compassion.

"The Prophet Muhammad preached compassion and kindness toward all living beings. He condemned those who branded animals, confined animals or tethered them to practice target shooting, and stated that is a great sin for man to imprison those animals who are in his power."

Yes, mohammed the terrorist, who slaughtered or enslaved all infidels in his path, was really a vegan animal rights activist! My favorite line from Newkirk, though, is this one:

"What a wonderful thing, to get away from the obsession with the identity of the victims of violence."

Yes, it certainly would be refreshing to have terror victims get killed without all that pesky memorializing. Just knowing that PITA and other liberal groups will see to it that murderers can someday be free to kill without fear of retribution helps me sleep at night.