Political correctness can trump common sense, even in response to an infamous and horrifying hate crime. Just days after a Muslim fanatic burst into the Jewish Federation headquarters in Seattle, shouting about his Islamic faith and his hatred of Israel, and shooting six unarmed women at random, a major Jewish organization responded by inviting its members to study....the Koran. "It is important that we not allow Friday's act of violence to create wedges between Jews, Christians and Muslims," read the invitation. "On Sunday, July 30, the American Jewish Congress is sponsoring a course entitled 'Understanding the Qu'ran. It is being taught by representatives of Seattle's Muslim community. The course will afford Jews, Christians and Muslims the chance to come together and to show our solidarity during this time of crisis." Actually, the only way to build meaningful solidarity would be to launch an honest discussion of why the Muslim holy book inspires so many people in every part of the world to acts of murder and suicide. I know that the American Jewish Congress had planned this program long before the shootings in Seattle, and merely made an attempt to make its lecture seem more relevant, but it's both silly and shameful to try to propose Koran study as the proper response to Islamic violence. At times of crisis, Jewish organizations should delve into the Torah, not the Koran-- seeking strength from our own timeless tradition to resist the folly of moral relativism.