Posted on 09/16/2006 7:53:23 PM PDT by CGblue
September 17, 2006
A HARDLINE cleric linked to Somalia's powerful Islamist movement has called for Muslims to "hunt down" and kill Pope Benedict XVI for his controversial comments about Islam.
Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin urged Muslims to find the pontiff and punish him for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and Allah in a speech that he said was as offensive as author Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.
"We urge you Muslims wherever you are to hunt down the Pope for his barbaric statements as you have pursued Salman Rushdie, the enemy of Allah who offended our religion," he said in Friday evening prayers.
"Whoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the nearest Muslim," Malin, a prominent cleric in the Somali capital, told worshippers at a mosque in southern Mogadishu.
"We call on all Islamic Communities across the world to take revenge on the baseless critic called the pope," he said.
Reached by telephone on Saturday, Malin confirmed making the remarks that were echoed in less strident form by other senior clerics in the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS).
Another SICS executive member, Sheikh Ahmed Abdullahi, vented similar anger at the pope's "barbarous criticism" but stopped short of calling for his murder.
"He must apologise because he has offended the most honorable person who ever lived in the world," Abdullahi said.
The German-born leader of the Roman Catholic Church has been condemned in the Muslim world for comments he made at a Tuesday lecture, in which he implicitly denounced links between Islam and violence, particularly with reference to jihad, or "holy war."
The pope also quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who said innovations introduced by the Prophet Mohammed were "evil and inhuman."
Somalia, a Horn of Africa nation of some 10 million mainly moderate Muslims, has been wracked by instability for the past 16 years but has recently seen the rise of fundamentalist Islamists who seized the capital in June.
AFP
I see the President's poll numbers continuing to go up, as long as the muzzies continue to behave THIS way....
I figured a Fatwa would be issued over this.
Somalia... the new Talibanistan. No surprise here.
I call for the death of Islam.
What are you going to do about it, Fool?
When did the Pope speak against the Lord? Oh, nevermind.
These imams are just a barrel of fun and good cheer, aren't they?
Oops
:) Oh, well. At least people will see one of them.
DANG! I wish a billion people would take to the street to PROVE A point I make.
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If you want on (or off) this Catholic and Pro-Life ping list, let me know!
And there ya' go... no more hiding, total transparency.... religion of peace my a@@!
We all need to take up a collection. How much will we pay for the head on a platter for Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin?
As I stated on another post …if the Pope doesn’t condescend to these animals, it will cause at least 30 or 40 more Fatwaaas. That will teach him.
What are you going to do about it"
I'd like to second that motion.
I also will drop a big muuuhhamhead(Pigs be inseminating her), and thoroughly wipe my koranus!
Another example of the truth of what Benedict XVI said.
The Vatican said on Saturday the Pope was sorry Muslims had been offended and that his comments had been misconstrued, but Muslim countries and religious groups remained angry at what they said portrayed Islam as a religion tainted with violence.Gotta love it. They're angry and want to kill the Pope because he claimed their religion is tainted with violence.
Hello?
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