Posted on 09/17/2006 1:48:48 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Somali cleric urges muslims to kill Pope
September 16, 2006, 1 day, 7 hours and 22 minutes ago.
By Zimgreats. com
Johannesburg (AND) Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin, a muslim cleric in the Somali Islamic Courts has urged muslims to kill Pope Benedict XVI after the later made controversial comments about the Islamic faith.
Malin equated the latest controversial comments by the Roman Catholic Church Pope to Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses". Rushdie was sentenced to death after the release of his book and has been living in hiding ever since.
Malin said the Pope had to be punished for insulting Prophet Mohammed (the Islamic faiths spiritual leader) and Allah.
"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," Malin was quoted in the local media as having said during his Friday prayers.
"Whoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the nearest Muslim," added Malin whose Islamic Courts recently took over much of Somalia and introduced Sharia law.
The furore stems from the Popes comments at a lecture on Tuesday in which he denounced links between Islam and violence. The pope further quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who said innovations introduced by the Prophet Mohammed were "evil and inhuman."
There was no immediate comment from Rome, where the Pointiff is based.
AND Africa
It probably won't make much difference. The reaction to the Pope's speech just proves the Islamics are not ready for dialog. The Conservatives knew that already. The Left needs to think once again about their position, but I don't think they will put out much effort.
If Muslims ever accomplished a hit on the Pope...which even the KGB couldn't carry out properly with their nut from Turkey....it would likely make the entire religion fall from any grace. There wouldn't be a Muslim safe in all of Italy...they'd all have to pack to go within 24 hours. Being that the Pope is German...you'd see the most dramatic turn of racism within Germany ever....if you thought the Jews got it bad...just hold onto your horses.
To be this unsecure about your faith...to take his words totally out of context...to say the heartless things they have said...simply shows the lower life form that Islam has taken.
It seems like these "lone moslem gunmen" sure do cause a lot of problems.
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