The Nando Times: Plot to destroy basilica thwarted, Italian police say

What, again? This is the church with the fresco depicting Mohammed in Hell, which was a target earlier this year. You have to hand it to al-Q, once they find a target, they stick with it until it's gone.

(Oh, man, that was a joke, but now I'm thinking about the Pentagon. I hope the military knows this, though I can't imagine anything al-Q could come up with that would destroy the Pentagon.)

Anyway, here's this six-hundred-year-old fresco which Muslims (even non-terrorist Muslims) want destroyed because it offends them. I can't help but think of the fate of so many churches in Britain and Germany, their stained glass and other decorations destroyed in the name of the Reformation -- not the worst crime committed (by either side) in those conflicts, but one that angers me nonetheless.

Muslims don't get off either. I'm still upset about Hagia Sophia.