Attack does not resemble Islamic terror

The Norwegian authorities have classed the suspected attacker Anders Breivik as a Christian fundamentalist (this classification was not maintained by the Norwegian police later), editor's note, August 10, 2011), but the conservative daily Rzeczpospolita sees no similarities with Islamic terrorism: "Those who compare 'Christian fundamentalism' to 'Islamic fundamentalism' are committing a semantic abuse when they assert that both pose a fatal danger for Europe. Christianity does not tell its followers to kill and commit acts of terrorism against infidels - not even in its fundamental version. (Or is it fundamentalism to oppose same-sex marriage?) And neither Catholics nor Protestants preach hatred against Islam. There are, of course, exceptions - like the US Pastor Terry Jones, who has professed that the best method of defending the Christian faith is to burn the Koran. But people like Jones are ostracised and isolated by Christian politicians and journalists."

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