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    Fatherless but forgiving

    From Mauritania:

     NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - The family of an American man who was slain by extremists linked to al-Qaida while doing humanitarian work in Mauritania said Monday it has forgiven his killers. Chris Leggett, 39, was shot dead in the Mauritanian capital on June 23, not far from the school he helped run which taught computer skills to local prisoners.

    An Arab TV station aired a statement issued by a North African al-Qaida group spokesman who said the group killed Leggett because he was allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.

    Leggett's family in the U.S. released a statement to reporters in Mauritania on Monday saying in French: "In the spirit of love, we forgive those that took the life of our remarkable son ... and we simply ask that the law is applied to those that killed him."

    Leggett is to be buried Tuesday in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Cleveland Daily Banner reports that he had spent seven years in Mauritania and that he is survived by a wife and four children.

    Kindly remember the family in your prayers.

    Posted by gsk on Friday, 03 July 2009 at 11:27 AM in Forgiveness |

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    Edgewise

    May I be permitted to use quotes from 2 historical figures to get a word in edgewise?

    "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent"
    --Adam Smith

    "Those who do not punish evil command it to be done"
    --Leonardo Da Vinci

    Make of them what one will...

    Posted by: Edgewise | Saturday, 04 July 2009 at 12:24 AM

    gsk

    Forgiveness doesn't short-circuit justice. They are two different things. When John Paul II forgave his would-be assassin, it had nothing to do with the prison sentence, which he expected him to serve. It has to do with the heart.

    That's one of the greatest misunderstandings about forgiveness. It frees the victim, not the perpetrator.

    Posted by: gsk | Saturday, 04 July 2009 at 09:24 AM

    Edgewise

    Very well, then.
    Point taken.

    Thanks for your reply.

    (BTW, Happy Independence Day....)

    Posted by: Edgewise | Saturday, 04 July 2009 at 11:28 AM

    Kim Carolan

    Wow, how incredibly sad and how difficult to forgive. I hope that the family can continue to be supported in this terrible time.

    Kim Carolan
    http://walkingthroughthevalleyoftheshadow.blogspot.com
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    Posted by: Kim Carolan | Monday, 06 July 2009 at 01:53 PM

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