Pope angers muslims

[Stuie]

Originally posted by VetLegion
"Some Indian Muslims burnt an effigy of the world's Roman Catholic leader who quoted remarks which linked Islam to violence."

"We're not violent! And we'll burn you if you say we are!!"

[Japher]

[Wezil]

It apparently needs to be said yet again:

Islam is a religion of peace.

[Gatekeeper]

God, not this crap all over again.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And if that's all he said, no one would care.

Here's his speech.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a35d0728-4495-11db-b804-0000779e2340.html

I would be interested in some thoughtful critique of it.

[Tattila the Hun]

I'm not sure what they expect. He is the Pope, head honcho of a "rival" religion. What is he supposed to say? "Y'all convert to islam now, hear me?"

And, indeed, if some powerfull imam advocates the total destruction of west, and killing every man, woman, child and animal therein...

"Controversy? Outrage? We're just drinking our coffee here. Hey, you have a big beard, westerner... You're not trying to impersonate teh Prophet, are you?"

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Wezil
Islam is a religion of peace.

[Gatekeeper]

Honestly, I got the impression that the Pope was referring to the militants who, in the name of Islam, use violence to achieve their goals.

Since it appears that the Pope didn't explicitly state that, it leaves a window for interpretation, a window that's going to be jumped through by those same militants and anyone else who chooses to think the Pope was insulting Islam in general.

Too many people on this world have died in the name of God. All this will do is add to the body count, and I condemn anyone who advances the word of God, Allah, Artemis or whatever the hell they choose to call their deity through the use of arms and terrorism.

Supposedly we've got brains and free will, but you could've fooled me ...

Gatekeeper

[ajbera]

It would have been better if Ratzi had also used an anecdote about the Inquisition or something, illustrating Christian violence, and then speaking of the wrongness and folly of that. Probably wouldn't have stopped the Muslims from throwing another violent hissy fit, but anyone with an ounce of reason would then have no cause for complaint.

[Barnabas]

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned
Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology. And in Turkey, the ruling party likened the pontiff to Hitler and Mussolini and accused him of reviving the mentality of the Crusades.
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Across the Islamic world Friday, Benedict's remarks on Islam and jihad in a speech in Germany unleashed a torrent of rage that many fear could burst into violent protests like those that followed publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

By citing an obscure Medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," Benedict inflamed Muslim passions and aggravated fears of a new outbreak of anti-Western protests.

The last outpouring of Islamic anger at the West came in February over the prophet cartoons first published in a Danish newspaper. The drawings sparked protests — some of them deadly — in almost every Muslim nation in the world.

Some experts said the perceived provocation by the spiritual leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics could leave even deeper scars.

[Chemical Ollie]

Another reason to abolish religion. All of them!

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Too many people on this world have died in the name of God. All this will do is add to the body count, and I condemn anyone who advances the word of God, Allah, Artemis or whatever the hell they choose to call their deity through the use of arms and terrorism.

Perhaps if we call upon Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt, she could help us find bin Laden?

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride

Vulcan neck pinch

[Winston]

Pope angers muslims

Well, Muslims will just have to learn to deal with it. I mean, he is the Pope!

[Sandman]

If history is any guide, his remarks will be bolstered by 'supplementary material'. Like those bestiality pics which somehow got linked to the Danish cartoons.