My response to an Al Jazeera interview with Emmanuel Macron and Civil Liberties activist Yasser Louati

Mr. Loati, there are 109 passages of violence in the Q'uran. When the Muslims repudiate these passages there will be respect for Islam. In all fairness, the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is equally violent ("An eye for and eye, a tooth for a tooth."). Those who embrace and uphold the Bible also perpetrate violence towards civilians. 

"Absolute" pacifism is the answer, ONLY engaging in violence if one's life or family is endangered. The Lotus Sutra (Myoho renge kyo in Sino-Japanese) , "The Eastern Bible", does not encourage violence against another, not in one single place. As we are now looking to Southeast Asia and the Far East for how to control the coronavirus, we should look to the Far East for a peaceful religion based on the Lotus Sutra. Namu Myoho renge kyo.