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<\/a><\/div>\nI\u2019ve seen quite a few<\/a> bloggers<\/a> place \u201cChristian\u201d in quotation marks when referring to the \u201cChristian Militia\u201d group Hutaree<\/a>\u00a0which has been making headlines recently. There is a Hutaree web site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I do hope that people will be consistent in how they refer to groups such as Christian militias and Islamic terrorists.\u00a0We can\u00a0either acknowledge that these are groups\u00a0that understand themselves, rightly or wrongly, to be Christian or Muslim, and refer to\u00a0them as such. Or we can recognize the tension between the aims and actions of these groups and the mainstream of these religious traditions and Scriptures, and place \u201cChristian\u201d and \u201cIslamic\u201d in quotation marks. But I see little justification for not doing\u00a0one or the other\u00a0consistently in both cases.<\/p>\n There is violence<\/a> in both the Qur\u2019an and the Bible<\/a>. Both<\/a> texts have had individuals and groups find inspiration and\/or justification in them for engaging in conflict or promoting and working towards peace.<\/p>\n In light of all this, I encourage all readers to use their scare quotes in a fair and equitable manner!<\/p>\n I\u2019ve seen quite a few bloggers place \u201cChristian\u201d in quotation marks when referring to the \u201cChristian Militia\u201d group Hutaree\u00a0which has been making headlines recently. There is a Hutaree web site here. I do hope that people will be consistent in how they refer to groups such as Christian militias and Islamic terrorists.\u00a0We can\u00a0either acknowledge that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n