Pope+Islam+Jihad = Controversy?
I almost missed this story “Pope: Conversion by violence not of God” when it broke a few days go…but judging by reactions “Muslim leaders demand apology from Pope“), it looks unliklely to die down quickly.
These were the excerpts that are said to have caused anger and disquiet:
“In a speech at Regensburg University…Citing historic Christian commentary on holy war and forced conversion, the 79-year-old pontiff quoted from a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Paleologos.
“The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war,” the pope said. “He said, I quote, ‘Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.’ “
Clearly aware of the sensitivity of the issue, Benedict added, “I quote,” twice before pronouncing the phrases on Islam and described them as “brusque,” while neither explicitly agreeing with nor repudiating them.
“The emperor goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable,” Benedict said.
“Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul,” the pope said, issuing an open invitation to dialogue among cultures.
The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope was not giving an interpretation of Islam as “something violent,” although he said the religion contains both violent and nonviolent strains.
Dear Readers
school-girls beheaded, a Coptic nun stabbed,another nun shot, critics assassinated,
crowded train/bus bombarded, any expression againt muhammad will face capital punishments, every muslim protest,riots in the streets, burn down, murder at the order of so called imams,mullahas, including head of islamic countries.None of these islamist never condenmend, they praise those who wage jihad against other religions. one should note that growing agreessivenes/imperialism of islam to wage a perpetual warfare in the name of muhammad the insane and evil,9year old girl……and many widowed women……were…on his orders the so called jihadist,praising their heros,hiding in the far remote caves, same like islams founder and role model is a undeniable truth, if the truth is out then jihad,fatwa is declared against any one and finally murderd. “TRUTH DOESNOT REQUIRE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE SYSTEM”, The intellectuals in other religion is too late to put a new law anyone striking/threataning in the name of religion should be given capital punishments, or life imprisonments.
…when will the general public clue in to what is behind all of this? This is simply one of the tools of imperialist Islamism. Strike terror into the hearts of the enemy by killing them in gruesome ways and putting the dead and decapitated on display. All of this is fair game in mohammad’s book.
The poetess Asma bint Marwan once expressed alarm about mohammad’s assassination of Abu Afak (another poet, an elderly man who had criticized mohammad). Marwan was also assassinated. But now we need all of society to be “alarmists” like those poets, and we need leaders that will have the courage to be alarmist. Unfortunately, our leaders are for the most part playing at “hear no evil, see no evil, know no evil.”
Yet another example of tolerance of the most peaceful religion and most peaceful people.I can’t understand why they are the only ones whose religious sentiments are so vulnerable to get hurt even if something true comes up from the history. Does it mean that by shouting at the top of the voice will hide the truths from the past??? Anyone who expresses his/her views about Islam deserves nothing less than a death penalty….. and this is what islamists are demanding for the Pope as well…. Does this world belongs to one particular community or religion and the rest are to say and do everything only to please them…. ???????