Polio vaccinators killed by angry Muslims

What's the perpotrators religion got to do with anything? It's not like they used religion to justify the attacks. Nice try though.

Did you read the article? There has been religious opposition to the polio vaccinations. The attackers are suspected to be part of some extremist group.

It's assumed (you may disagree but it looks likely) the reason behind the attacks is opposition to polio than just randomness, and if that's the case a lot of the blame can be laid at the feet of the Muslim leaders who oppose it.

They didn't oppose it for religious reasons. See my quote above.

They gave a non-religious excuse, yes, but why is it Muslim leaders who are objecting? There's also mention of some crazy Islamist group who kill in the name of "Western education is forbidden".

does it say anywhere in the quaran that polio vaccines are forbidden? no. they don't trust the vaccines because they don't trust the west, but that is a societal thing not a religious one. they are not actually using their religion to justify it, else there would be islamic opposition to vaccination in the west as well

Source.

What do you think about this? Doesn't seem to be a very peaceful act.

The reason the religious leaders are listened to is because of their religion and the religion of their followers. You can argue they're distorting stuff or outright lying, but that doesn't change the fact that without the Muslim link, those women who were only there to help would still be alive and helping more.

I am not arguing they are distorting stuff or lying because their justification is not remotely religious. they are not twisting an obscure quaran verse, they are not quoting a hadith, this is fueled entirely by their distrust of the west.

Their Muslim followers listen to them because they are Muslim leaders.

the muslim leaders are saying these things because of their culture, not their religion. therefore if it were not muslim leaders in a position of power whoever took their place would still distrust the vaccines due to them sharing the same west hating culture, and would still be listened to since they are in a position of power.

seriously, is this so hard to get? when somebody does something in the name of a religion it does not necessarily make it representative of that religion, so how on earth is doing something and not even trying to justify it with a religion make the religion to blame?

lets turn this around. if somebody went and killed some doctors in the states because they had been listening to Jenny McCarthy's bull**** about vaccines causing autism, would that be the fault of Catholicism?