I'm going to show you folks a headline here, and then ask you a question.

Cabbie Runs Down Students

Religious Argument Leaves One Hospitalized

Quickly -- what religion was the cabbie?

Got your answer yet? Good -- now read the story that goes along with the headline.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A local cab driver allegedly tried to run over two customers after a fight over religion became heated.

The incident happened early Sunday morning on the Vanderbilt campus and left one man hospitalized and a cab driver arrested, said police

Two students visiting from Ohio were coming from a bar downtown when they got into an argument with their driver over religion, said police. After they paid the driver he allegedly ran them down in a parking lot.

Ibrihim Ahmed, of United Cab, was arrested and charged with assault, attempted homicide and theft. One of the passengers, Andrew Nelson, managed to outrun the cab but Jeremy Invus was taken to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center with serious injuries, said police.

Ahmed has been convicted of misdemeanors including evading arrest in a motor vehicle and driving on a suspended license, said police.

Ahmed was charged with theft because police said the license plate on his cab was listed as stolen. His bond is set at $300,000.

Now I'll concede that the article in question does not include the religion of the outraged cabbie, but with a name like "Ibrihim Ahmed" I'm willing to make an educated guess.

Now tell me -- how often do religious discussions regarding your faith lead to assault causing great bodily harm? Does a religion which on an almost daily basis produces outrageous acts of violence by adherents "defending the faith" really deserve to be called a "Religion of Peace"?

UPDATE: FoxNews mentions the unmentionable. Ahmed is a Sunni Muslim from Somalia.

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