The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.

The Post and Courier of Charleston on Taliban terror and justice

The horrific killing of medical aid workers by the Taliban in early August demonstrated the heightened level of terrorism undertaken by the former rulers of Afghanistan as they attempt to reimpose their authority.

As one of our readers writes: "In these anarchic times, anything goes, even the killing of foreign guests bringing needed aid, something that would have once been anathema to local Afghan traditions of hospitality."

Those hospitable traditions aside, the Taliban demonstrated its views on justice and propriety more recently, in the stoning deaths of a couple for adultery.

The young couple were taken from a house where they had hidden and (were) stoned to death as 150 men watched.

The killing of the aid workers may represent a new horrifying direction for the Taliban. The stoning "verdict" is a reminder of how the Taliban used to govern Afghanistan.

Terror and justice: With the Taliban, it's not easy to tell one from the other.

The Baton Rouge Advocate, Louisiana,– on religious freedom

"The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war."

That is not, except indirectly, a commentary on the overheated rhetoric directed against a mosque to be built near the World Trade Center site.

Those are, rather, the words of the president of the United States, delivered six days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

President George W. Bush met with leaders of the Islamic Center in the nation's capital.

He spoke directly to reports that American women were reluctant to wear their headscarves outside of the house, for fear of criticism or worse.

Bush's remarks should be remembered every time some self-promoting politician or public figure criticises the rights of Americans to worship as they choose, and build houses of faith where they have a right to. ...

That is one of Bush's legacies, that after an attack by Islamic extremists, he spoke firmly and often of the importance of recognising the vital distinction between terrorism and Islam.

May his words be remembered today.