‘Cowardice’: ‘Legitimate discussions’ after problems of Islam must be had

The Spectator Australia Podcast host Will Kingston says “legitimate discussions” about the “problems” surrounding the Islamic religion must be had after Pope Francis failed to call out Islamic Jihadis for the murder of 140 Nigerian Christians. Pope Francis has used an end-of-year speech to talk about Nigerian Christians killed at Christmas. However, the 140 Nigerian Christians were murdered by Islamic Jihadis. According to Nigerian human rights watchdog Intersociety, 52,000 Christians have been butchered or hacked to death for being Christians in Nigeria since 2009. “It’s cowardice in two forms: it’s cowardice in response to the threat of physical harm … but it’s also cowardice for being afraid to be called a racist,” Mr Kingston told Sky News host James Macpherson. “We need to separate in Australia and abroad legitimate discussions about culture and religion with racism. “It is not racist to call out many of the problems that surround the Islamic religion and Islamic culture [and] we need to be brave to have those open conversations.”