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Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 11/30/2014 | Philip Pullella

Posted on 11/30/2014 4:03:48 PM PST by FR_addict

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.

Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism.

Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, caused storms of protest throughout the Islamic world in 2006, when he made a speech that suggested to many Muslims that he believed Islam espoused violence. ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: francis; islam; istanbul; pope; popefrancis; romancatholicism; turkey
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To: FR_addict

“Francis ... understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism”

KMA, Pope. Your predecessor, Pope John Paul II, stood strongly against the evil of communism. WTH are YOU doing for the cause of freedom?


21 posted on 11/30/2014 4:13:26 PM PST by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: dforest

I’ve been saying that, and revelation is clear. I think a lot of Catholics will leave and become Christian then, but it’s a sore topic for a lot of people.


22 posted on 11/30/2014 4:13:50 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: House Atreides
This current pope is showing signs of being a nit wit progressive.

Sounds like the definition of a Jesuit, which Pope Francis is.

23 posted on 11/30/2014 4:14:15 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Graybeard58

If you read the article, it appears that he is trying to be all things to all people, condemning terrorism on the one hand but on the other saying the mooselimb leaders ought to renounce terror and that it’s wrong to equate islam with terror.

He is speaking nonsense and would be well advised to either send an army to slaughter these animals like his predeccessors did or shut the hell up.


24 posted on 11/30/2014 4:14:17 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Rome2000
He is speaking nonsense and would be well advised to either send an army to slaughter these animals like his predecessors did or shut the hell up.

Agree wholeheartedly.

25 posted on 11/30/2014 4:15:07 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: FR_addict

Well when they are storming the Vatican, just tell yourself that they are just overly-enthusiastic tourists .


26 posted on 11/30/2014 4:15:08 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: FR_addict

This Pope is an idiot, in case no one noticed yet.

Listening to him babble is as productive as listening to a sea shell. There is no intelligence rattling around in there.


27 posted on 11/30/2014 4:15:13 PM PST by ZULU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLDFiQcjlY Impeach Obama in 2015 !!!)
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To: FR_addict

This Pope is turning out to be a real winner. I’m surprised he hasn’t converted to Islam yet.


28 posted on 11/30/2014 4:16:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: FR_addict
I don't equate Islam with violence.

I give it about a 95 percent correlation with violence.

29 posted on 11/30/2014 4:16:37 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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To: FR_addict

This guy either has led a very, very sheltered life, or he has a screw loose.


30 posted on 11/30/2014 4:16:39 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: FR_addict

This Pope is a retread Che-style South American Liberation theologist.

Sometimes it is more apparent - this is such a time.

PS I suspect his Boss is not amused.


31 posted on 11/30/2014 4:16:46 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: FR_addict

His Holiness is sadly very very very very very wrong. When pigs fly, Islam will be peaceful.


32 posted on 11/30/2014 4:17:28 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: FR_addict
Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence

Woe unto them who call evil good, or something like that.

The Pope is an enemy of human civilization.

33 posted on 11/30/2014 4:18:23 PM PST by meadsjn
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To: babygene

You and me both!


34 posted on 11/30/2014 4:19:18 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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To: Farmer Dean

If you are the leader of a religion - ANY religion - isn’t your only responsibility to that which you believe, and your only real concern with any other religion seeking conversion?


35 posted on 11/30/2014 4:22:52 PM PST by smalltownslick
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To: meadsjn

Has John Hagee had any comments on this Pope?


36 posted on 11/30/2014 4:23:28 PM PST by smalltownslick
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To: FR_addict

The Pope didn’t finish his sentence. Let me help:

...because, if you do, some muslim will kill you.


37 posted on 11/30/2014 4:24:20 PM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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To: 43north
Where are Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II when we need them?

Do you think that any of those three denounced all Muslims?

38 posted on 11/30/2014 4:25:38 PM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Ok. I'm fine with being wrong. Islam is evil and violent.

LOL!

I will presume that the Pope is just trying to be the consummate politician, and thinking that you will catch more flies with honey, rather than trying to bash them with a 2x4.
Nonetheless, obfuscating the Truth helps no one. Not those being persecuted by the evil and violent religion of islam, nor the muslims themselves. It would not hurt to state the facts: Islam bares no resemblance to a God inspired religion, however it bares signs of having been inspired by Satan: their prophet admits that he was once fooled by Satan because he was wrong 'once' (and the real Bible tells us never to believe a prophet who delivers a false prophecy); it encourages its believers to kill; it has a 1400 year history and legacy of leaving death, mayhem, and destruction in its wake. Given that Satan hates people -- I'd say that Islam IS Satan's religion. Prayers to the people afflicted by it, and prayers for those that have been duped, or cowed, into falling it.

39 posted on 11/30/2014 4:27:14 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: FR_addict
Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong...

1,400 years of history contradicts that.

40 posted on 11/30/2014 4:27:23 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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