“Kulluna Muath!”

I was honored to stand this afternoon with several score others, mostly students, in a statement against the nihilistic death cult calling itself the “Islamic State,” to protest their vicious murder of Lieutenant Muath Al-Kassasbeh, and, for whatever little it’s worth, to send a message of condolence to his family and to the king and people of Jordan.  (Photos of the event will be — perhaps have already been — sent to Jordan.)

I’m proud of the two Jordanian students who organized this, and of all those who participated in it:

http://universe.byu.edu/2015/02/03/byu-vigil-to-remember-jordanian-pilot-who-burned-alive/

I sincerely hope that this latest unspeakable atrocity will galvanize the people and the governments of the Middle East and beyond to exterminate ISIS.  If they can’t unite against this group — perhaps the most undilutedly and nakedly evil movement in modern world history — there’s simply no hope for the region.