And far from being murderous heretics, the Albigensians were sweet, easy-go-lucky Mediterraneans who simply wanted to be left alone.
And while the investigation into the pet food poisonings so far discounts murderous intent, it's obvious from Internet chat room discussions that many people don't accept the innocent explanation.
The portrayal of an imperfect country — with its murderous citizens, who are far from mad — is predictably one that the leadership is reluctant to accept.
Its most popular show has Shiite and Sunni clerics calmly debating religious questions from callers, a far cry from the murderous sectarian conflict on the streets here, especially in Karachi.
Recovering from murderous despotism takes a minimum of a generation.
Unfortunately, her efforts were insufficient to protect her from the roving eye of the Intelligence Ministry, "heir to the Shah's secret police, SAVAK," although far more murderous even than they, and responsible for the deaths of thousands of dissenters.
But far from rallying the Muslim world at large to its banner, the murderous jihad in Iraq and al-Qaeda's killing of many Muslims in other Muslim lands ended up repelling the very audience this epic struggle was intended to attract.
And Bosnia is still far from being a normal country, divided as it is into ethnic "entities": a Serb Republic, where murderous Mr Karadzic still finds shelter, and a Muslim-Croat federation whose two peoples are often at loggerheads.So Lord Ashdown faces huge challenges.
The first couple of the New Testament, who manage to cope with a supernatural pregnancy, a murderous king and the necessity of delivering a child in the bleak midwinter, half-out-of-doors and far from home.
While the Brotherhood is an Islamist group, it is far removed from the murderous Isis regime.
