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Having recently read a book on the history of the Ottoman Empire, one of the striking things about it was the high levels of religious tolerance compared to western Europe in the same period. (Arguably the mixture of beliefs within the empire made this a practical necessity as much as anything, but nonetheless.)

So this really sucks.

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The BBC are reporting (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3274549.stm) that the majority of the victims were Muslims, which might not have been what the attackers had in mind. (Which reminds me of the report that US citizens made up marginally under 50% of deaths in the 9/11 attacks, though all I can remember is that it was on cryptome, which doesn't seem to be conveniently searchable.)

I read a friend's copy of GGS some time ago.