Afghanistan: Muslims murder eight polio workers

It’s not just in Afghanistan: a Pakistani Muslim cleric has said that polio vaccinations are un-Islamic. And in Nigeria, a Muslim cleric was arrested for playing a role in sparking the murders of polio workers. The polio vaccine is often seen as a Western infidel conspiracy to sterilize Muslim children.

This is why the best word for the people who did this is “Muslim,” because they were motivated and guided by Islamic beliefs and attendant assumptions to kill these polio workers.

“UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan,” UN News, February 24, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November. 

One member of the vaccination transit team was killed in Taloqan district in Takhar province, while four members of house-to-house teams were murdered in two separate incidents in Kunduz city, according to a statement from the UN Country Team.

Two vaccinators and a social mobilizer were killed in Emamsaheb district of Kunduz province. 

In the wake of the carnage, the UN immediately suspended the national polio vaccination campaign in Kunduz and Takhar provinces….