Mailbag: Paris killers distort Muhammad’s teachings

Avenged, they said? The prophet Muhammad was not avenged by the massacre of the 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The prophet and the majority of Muslims around the world were betrayed by those who claim to hold Islam as their religion and use it for their own political gains. Shame on them.

But I’ll tell you, those murderer terrorists sure do have something in common with the prophet. It’s in the encounter between a victim and his oppressor. They are the prophet’s and Islam’s enemies. The enemies who would bully, attack and injure him. The enemies who would attempt to silence him. There’s something so ironic about that.

I find it perplexing and sickening that people think they can defend God and the prophet with violence. People who are confident in their religious convictions and in who they are would never be moved by an offensive depiction of their faith figures.

Disgusting.

Mona Shadia

Santa Ana

The writer is a former Daily Pilot staff writer. A version of this letter was also published Thursday by the Huffington Post.

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Food suggestions conflict with Bible

Re. “All About Food: A look at the best bites of 2014” (Dec. 30):

I am really offended by the food critic’s column. Of the food offered at the eight restaurants she listed, I can eat only the New Zealand lamb mentioned in No. 5. All the other entrees include items that the Bible describes as “unclean,” such as pork, shrimp, mussels and prosciutto.

Ugh! Very unhealthy!

I hope that better columns noting healthier food are offered in 2015.

Jayna Dinnyes

Fountain Valley

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