Posted on 09/16/2006 10:54:57 PM PDT by LibWhacker
The spiritual leader of Lebanon’s Sunnis, the Grand Mufti Sheik Mohammed Rashid Kabbani, said the pope’s remarks emanated either from "Ignorance and lack of knowledge or were deliberately intended to distort Islam."
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said “there should be no controversy; the pope has already explained his true intentions. The religious dialogue and the respect for every religion is a necessity, and religion doesn’t justify violence.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said of Benedict XVI: He is a great pope, with great intelligence.
Right-wing politician Roberto Calderoli said “I ask myself some crazy member of the Left will come forth and demand the pope’s resignation. According to the crazy people, he has offended the Muslim world. The holy father’s message is that of peace and dialogue.”
Five churches throughout the West Bank were attacked by Palestinians wielding guns and firebombs.
Firebombings left black scorch marks on the walls and windows of Nablus’ Anglican and Greek Orthodox churches. At least five firebombs hit the Anglican church and its door was later set ablaze. Smoke billowed from the church as firefighters put out the flames
In a phone call to The Associated Press, a group calling itself the "Lions of Monotheism" claimed responsibility for those attacks, saying they were carried out to protest the pope’s remarks in a speech this week in Germany linking Islam and violence.
Later Saturday, four masked gunmen doused the main doors of Nablus’ Roman and Greek Catholic churches with lighter fluid, then set them afire. They also opened fire on the buildings, striking both with bullets.
In Gaza City, militants opened fire from a car at a Greek Orthodox church, striking the facade. A policeman at the scene said he saw a Mitsubishi escape with armed men inside. Explosive devices were set off at the same Gaza church on Friday, causing minor damage.
On Friday night about 2,000 protesters gathered outside the Palestinian parliament building to express their anger at the pope’s statement. "This is a new crusade against the Arab Islamic world. It comes in different forms, in cartoons or lectures ... They hate our religion," Ismail Radwan, a local Hamas official, told the rally.
During one rally gunmen in Gaza city opened fire at the Greek Orthodox church; no injuries or damage were reported. An unknown organization named “The sword of Islam claimed responsibility for the incident.
“We want to make it clear that if the pope does not appear on TV and apologize for his comments, we will blow up all of Gaza’s churches,” the group said in a statement.
Man, talk about self-parody.
I wonder if the Grand Mufti even read what the Pope said, or is just depending on what the Guardian, and the NYT have said on the matter. If he HAS read it, he's displaying willful ignorance, or just evil in stirring up the Muslim masses against Christians and Catholics.
Stupid people those aren't papist churches.
And the left thinks you can reason with these people!
Hmmm...that kind of describes Islam pretty well, imho.
Ignorance is strength. War is peace.
Too bad this Grand Mufti Sheik of Lebanon didn't get sent to meet Allah by an Israeli missile back in July.
The beauty of all this is that it is a big plus for Bush....................radical Islam (Islamofascists) are being very violent trying to prove the Pope wrong about violence in religion.............meanwhile, Catholics in America are watching this unfold and thinking out loud................."President Bush is trying to do something about these religious terrorists, and those crazy Democrats want to give them Constitutional rights. President Bush is trying to stop this madness, and the crazy Democrats want to stop President Bush"....................Question: Who are these Catholics (and, a lot of other patriotic Americans) going to vote for in November, Republicans or Democrats?
I doubt it
’We will blow up nuke all of Gaza’s churches Christianity’
Dear Mr. Mooslim,
I wish your parents had never been born and I hope you'll live to see the day when you heartily agree with me. May that day arrive soon.
If they start blowing up churches around the world, the Pope is going to get his brigades.
There's more of *us* than there are of *them*, right now. I really hope they're stupid enough to start a real Holy War with Christianity. Even counting Europe out, there's all of South America, much of Asia, and most of Africa.
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good mooselimbs to continue to do NOTHING.
Ya know, they're probably really hungry after all that burning and shooting and stuff. Perhaps the US can calm them down with a generous food donation. Hmm, gotta be careful not to risk offending any vegetarians amonst them. What to send... what to send....? Something healthy, like maybe a few tons of fresh spinach! ;)
What's the difference. They think of us all as polytheists.
Well GeeWiz Fella! You don't really believe that do you?
After all, islam is the "religion of peace". Everybody "loves" you.
Didn't you get the memo on that subject?
I'm hurt by your statements. I really am!
</sarcasm>
How dare you accuse us of pushing Islam by the sword! Now we will blow up some churches and make death threats to the Pope.
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