One thing unites the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie, the assault on the FBI, and the overturning of Roe by a Christian Nationalist Court. That is a form of religious extremism that has no regard for human life over some rules written in their respected books.

There's no place of religious extremism in today's society, come on! People being killed because they said something is the direct violation of their freedom of speech and expression. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that people are willing to kill others in the name of God. Isn't the message kindness? Or is the message of kindness only takes in account those who agree with everything you say?

I don't care how "offensive" someone's words are, unlawfully killing them for a fatwah is just not unacceptable. Like Rushdie himself said, it's important to question religion. Somebody has to. Not everyone can be a blind believer. Somebody has to be a critic otherwise we'll just keep going into the rabbit hole of beliefs that aren't backed by science.