The following is excerpted from an article at Magharebia, and I find it interesting. I find it interesting because of the offense of the cross. Even though, as you read through this article, they are claiming that the cross does not represent Christianity or "crusade activities". Read on, and leave a comment and tell me what you think. And pray for protection for these pharmacy owners, because no one deserves to be beheaded for the cross.
A self-proclaimed "lover of al-Qaeda and Jihad" has given Moroccan pharmacy owners one month to remove cross symbols from storefronts or else face beheading.
"In 2009, crusade France lured owners of pharmacies with financial benefits and discounts in medications in return for placing the green cross along the green crescent," said a letter published in late July by several online forums. "We demand you remove the crosses off the façades of your pharmacies and to respect our religion," the web threat continued.
"Forewarned is forearmed," the unnamed writer said. "We give you and those who work with you an interval of one month to return to your true nature and nation."
The deadline expires August 28th.
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"This sign is the symbol of pharmacy worldwide and doesn't have anything to do with the Christian cross," he also noted.
"There is no relation between the dealings of pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies and crusade activities," he said. "The logic of trade is the only thing that governs these dealings."