Catholic priest shot dead in church in Turkey (ROP again.)

Reuters ^ | Sun Feb 5, 2006

[Grut]

Maybe the kid's a Catholic the priest sexually abused as a child; who knows? But all this 'Har-de-har ROP' business is a little premature.

[ThreePuttinDude]

bttt

[Lady Jag]

[Travis McGee]

Turkey is overwhelmingly Muslim and has only a tiny Christian population....

....Ever since the muslims invaded and slaughtered the Christians who had been there since the time of Christ.

[yoe]

Even the President was warned to be sensitive towards Muslims, even 'tho they castigate him with words and drawings; think Isreal has no place in their world nor do Christians.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group, says President Bush should avoid using "loaded and imprecise terminology" when he refers to Islam in his State of the Union address.

In a letter to President Bush, CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed suggested that the president be careful to "avoid the use of hot-button terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' 'militant jihadism,' 'Islamic radicalism,' or 'totalitarian Islamic empire'" in his Tuesday night speech.

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Email: cair@cair-net.org

[popdonnelly]

Wow, now no Turkish embassy will be safe, the Turkish flag will be burned, and Turkish goods will be boycotted! Not really, that's only justified by cartoons.

[narses]

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[BykrBayb]

Coming to a town near you.

[Gritty]

Turkey has plenty of persecution against Christians. It's just not widely advertised.

If one deoesn't believe it, just Google it (unless you live in Red China).

[Coleus]

Catholic priest shot dead in church in Turkey (ROP again.)

Catholic Priest killed in Turkey

Priest Shot Dead in Turkey

 

[Cornpone]

Round up the usual suspects; Jamal, Abdullah, Mohammed....Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad...

[El Gato]

Maybe the kid's a Catholic the priest sexually abused as a child; who knows? But all this 'Har-de-har ROP' business is a little premature.

That's mainly a problem in the "liberal" US Church, not so much in the world wide Roman Church. So it's not likely. ROP hit is much more likely. Probably find the kid was high on hash or even the "fruit" of the poppy, in preparation for his "Mission", most likely assigned by someone he trusted at his local Mosque.

[TAdams8591]

And so the cartoon death toll has begun.

[El Gato]

Wow, now no Turkish embassy will be safe, the Turkish flag will be burned, and Turkish goods will be boycotted! Not really, that's only justified by cartoons.

Well, maybe.

Many, but not all, countries with majority Roman Catholic populations are also not known for their calm demeanors. Think about it, Irish, Italians, Spanish (and even more so some of their former colonies in the New World) and to a much lessor extent the French. Hot tempered bunch they are. And of course we have representatives of all those cultures here in the US.

BTW, flag burning is, according to the Supreme Court of the United States, protected by the first amendment.

Anybody got a match?

Although I'd prefer burning, Iranian, Al-Qaida (if they have a flag), Pan Arab and Islamic flags, certainly not the Turks, since most of them are quiet secular, especially their military, whom we definitely want on own side if at all possible.

[El Gato]

If I had a sudden yen to burn the Yemeni or Sudanese flag on my village green, I haven't a clue how I'd get hold of one in this part of New Hampshire. Say what you like about the Islamic world, but they show tremendous initiative and energy and inventiveness, at least when it comes to threatening death to the infidels every 48 hours for one perceived offense or another.

You could whip up most flags pretty quickly. Just a piece of white sheet, and some paint or dye. I know that one of Danish flags I saw burning in a photo was made that way, the red background was clearly not solid. Takes a little organization to make up a bunch of them, but no more than making up a MOAB (Mother of All Banners) for a Support the Troops rally.

Most flags are pretty simple, but some have some fancy designs or are fairly complex, and thus more difficult to gin up in a hurry. The US flag is one of those that's a bit more complex, with all those stars, and more alternations of color than most flags.

[Xargoth]

There is no evidence that the murder is connected with the Cartoon crisis. And also Trabzon as far as i know is a city where everyone is armed. A few days ago even two famous football player's car was shot 5 times each.. So it can even be mafia, don't judge with your prejudice over the current cartoon events...

Anyway, EU has acted very childish in this situation. They knew what kind of reaction there will be, they knew all the things Muslims will do. Yet, they still published the cartoon and defended it.

Then the question is; why did they chose to publish it, while they already knew the consequences. Muslims are generally uneducated, extremely sensitive and under threat of radical islamism.

Why would you do something that will help the radicals? Knowing the consequences...

Anyway, the Muslims to my knowledge have not yet published anything about Jesus Christ or anything associated yet. You should ask yourself why?

Why can we feel free to disrespect their beliefs, while they do not publish anything about ours but show different anger? Anger towards a flag, a newspaper, a government etc. but noting against things Christians accept Holy?

And to those who say "we should attack them like they do attack us", i am sorry but before the cartoon was published there were no problem. Now, West generally considers an attack physical. It is not the same with the East, the problem is Western Countries and citizens can not comprehend this.

They scratch the head thinking, "Why do they attack us? We didn't attack them!" Dead wrong, you were disrespectful and insulting. In eastern culture this is worse than punching someone in the face. I think i have made my point clear

[NYer]

Catholic Ping - Please freepmail me if you want on/off this list

[TXBSAFH]

Prayers from TX

[ArrogantBustard]

i am sorry but before the cartoon was published there were no problem

I call this a "problem" ... others, no doubt, will have other examples of "problems".

I think I have made my point clear.

[reelfoot]

One more proof that it's not safe to be a nonMooslim in a Mooslim country (and not safe to have Mooslims in your nonMooslim country).

Stop further Mooslim immigration to the U.S. and start deportations of any suspect Mooslims.

P.S.: If Condaleeza Rice or any other administration flak starts with the Religion of Peace lecture again, bring out the pies and rotten vegetables.