[yoe]

In July, when asked by reporters, Benedict refused to declare Islam "a religion of peace", a phrase often invoked by President Bush.

A phrase the President would do well to temper. Islam demeans the human spirit rather than lifts it.

[ThirstyMan]

Yes, the fundamentalist Muslim threat to the civilized world is now within eyesight as Iran seeks nuclear weaponry. The "religion of peace" idea sounded good but never materialized.

[NearlyNormal]

I think what Bush REALLY means is that islam is a religion of "pieces" (of mangled body parts).

I think it should be obvious that it is the koran itself that is at the heart of the problem. Unless it can be re-interpreted, which it can't, islam is as islam does.