The Koran vs. the Old Testament
Ever the pedant, Andrew Stuttaford reminds Andy McCarthy, who had posted some commentary about Koranic support for wife-beating, that:
Nevertheless, it's worth remembering that there's plenty of savagery to be found in the Old Testament too. What really matters is not what was said or written back in the Dark Ages (or, in the case of the Bible, even earlier), but how those words are interpreted now, if, indeed, at all.
I'll let McCarthy's response speak for itself:
Yes, Andrew. And I'll address that, too, the minute we have a global terror campaign motivated by an interpretation of the Old Testament.
Indeed.