Black Tuesday is on Thursday This Year

Thirteen years ago, terrorist zealots killed over 3,000 people on U.S. soil. Today, their spiritual and philosophical heirs are engaging in genocide across large parts of what used to be Iraq and Syria.

I don’t pretend to know what America’s appropriate response to ISIS should be. We could move troops in and stop it for now; but I’m not at all confident that a similar phenomenon wouldn’t recur shortly after we (inevitably) pulled our troops out again.

We’ve heard a variety of Muslim religious leaders (including the Grand Mufti of Egypt) condemning ISIS; I’ve been glad to hear that, and I would be much gladder if I were seeing any signs that the surrounding countries were working to put a stop to the killings, and put paid to their errant co-religionists.

Please join me in a day of prayer for the victims of ISIS.

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