Keep the faith and let others keep theirs

And for those contemplating violence in the name of their creed, do us all a favour and ask yourself: What would Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, or whoever, do?

At least 321 people were killed in churches and hotels on Easter morning in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan officials say the attacks were made by the National Towheed Jamaath, a local Islamist organization, and the Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the Sri Lanka terror attack.Photograph courtesy of Dr. Probath Jayatissa's Twitter handle

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

April 29, 2019

OTTAWA—In the Middle Ages, there was in Europe the concept of cuius regio eius religio—Latin for the concept of “the religion of the ruler dictates the religion of the ruled." In other words, if the king was Catholic, so were all his subjects. It made deciding which church to go to o...

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