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2012, Iraq: Young Muslims stoned to death for wearing Western-style clothing.
2012, Toronto: Muslims wearing traditional Arabic clothing walk the streets without incident.
2012, Afghanistan: A U.S. soldier goes berserk and murders 16 Afghan civilians. The Afghans riot and call for the beheading of innocent Americans. The President of Afghanistan calls the crime unforgivable.
2009, Fort Hood, Texas: A U.S. Muslim soldier (an officer and a psychiatrist) goes berserk and murders 13 of his fellow soldiers. The Americans do not riot and do not call for the killing of innocent Muslims.The U.S. President does not call the crime unforgivable.
To paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The Muslims are different from you and me.”

William Bedford

CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life.  His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.

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