sorry Douglas mybe you forgetting that your own kind made the mesery that the world living today,300 years black slavery, cleansing of the native indians in the nam of christianity and your trying to tell us that the islam teach racism or any other discrimination sorry man but its seems like you forgetting your own history. the Yazidis w're living peacefully for yaers with the muslim comunity like the jewish and it wasnt the muslims who killed millions of jewish, natives and blacks for the nam of religion. You should go back to school or learn the history of the other community

zak, LBV, Gabon

Bob - strangely enough I agree with you to a large extent. But - the essential message of Christ, as I understand it, was peace and love, even towards one's enemies. Blessed are the peacemakers, as you point out. This is my trouble with GWBush - there's a good, devout Christian for you, talking and praying to his god and acting accordingly (he says). So he drops bombs on innocent women and children (OK, men as well) in Baghdad when he had absolutely no need to - no threat at all to America,no terrorists there either. And it was an illegal attack on a sovereign member-state of the United Nations. - . . Now there's a fine peacemaker. Is GWBush blessed, I wonder. (Oh, and Tony B. is another devout Christian I hear.)

alan, cologne,

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the death and destruction caused by Muslims throughout history.

The invasion of North Africa, the invasion of Jerusalem, the sacking of Constantinople. The subjegation of the Balkans, the thousand or so years of taking black slaves from the Horn or Africa, the subjegation of India, Saddam Hussein, Khomeni, The Taliban, Bin Laden, 9-11, Bali, 7-7, Madrid, Beslan ....

The Muslimlist is as long as the Christian list, but here's the rub, the Muslim List is heavily weighted toward whats happening now rather than what happened a hundred years ago!

The Christians have grown up!

Douglas Newell, Saltcoats, United Kingdom

Those who try to show that the same violence is there in Christianity always forget that violence has no roots in Christianity and against the essence of its message. There is no verse in the Bible asking Christians to kill or attack other people. People do forget the "turning the other cheek" principle in Christianity.

I feel really sorry for those who ask to forget about religion. I compare them to a one walking under the protection of his father who is the king of the country, but he chooses to leave that king and go all alone by himself. I wish they could know that God is no need for us but out of His love, He gives us the opportunity to enjoy His love, mercy, protection and grace.

Nabil, Cairo, Egypt

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the ongoing death and destruction caused by Islamists the world over.

And since the only solution is for the rest of the world to submit, it seems unlikely to get any better,

Ellen Morris, Leeds,

I'm not sure that it is historically accurate to say that it was Christians who caused the Holocaust, black slavery or the nuking of Japan, or even the Crusades. These events were caused by those who ignored the words of Christ and used the label of Christianity as a cloak to hide their true intentions, i.e power and domination over others. Jesus told us that it would be the meek who would inherit the earth, and that blessed would be the peacemakers, not the powerful or those who wanted war or destruction. This is a negation of Christianity. Murdering one sect because they don't believe the same as you is an abomination in any religion that claims to follow a Creator God. I might not agree with the Yazidi beliefs, but they are entitled to find their own way to God, without interference from so-called zealots, so we should pray for them in their current misery, and also pray for the souls of those who have perpetrated this act believing they were serving God (or any other reason).

Bob, Gloucester, UK

Nonsense and superstitions: why people cling so much to religion ? consider how deeply the misogynist myth of Eve and the Snake influences our societies. The origin of this myth may be the zoroastrian interpretation of an ancient sky map, including a snake-like constellation, a man-like constellation and a tree-like constellation. And the so-called archangels seem to represent the seven anciently known planets. It is worth investigating these old beliefs, at least to demystify the monotheistic deceits.

Albert, Paris,

Each religion has its own crazy ideas - what 's new?

alan, colgone,

Was the Yasidi girl - named Du'a, I believe - married to a Muslim or just in love with him. This article is the first I have seen claiming that they were married.

Montague, Norfolk, VA

This is a drop in the ocean compared to the death and destruction caused by Christians throughout history.

Holocaust, 200 years black slavery, Gulf massacre, ethnic cleansing of native Americans and aboriginals, nuking of Japan, crusades..etc etc..

Stanzler, NY, USA

How delightful, to learn of yet another religious group whose teachings apparently counsel the bestial murder of young women. It would seem they and the islamists deserve one another.

Maynard, Oxford, UK