Posted on 09/18/2006 6:34:45 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
NAIROBI, Kenya An elderly nun shot four times at the Somali hospital where she worked forgave her killers as she lay dying, colleagues said Monday in the wake of a murder that has focused attention on Islamic radicalism in the Horn of Africa country.
Sister Leonella, 65, muttered the words 'I forgive, I forgive' in Italian after being shot three times in the back by gunmen in an apparent execution-style killing, father Maloba Wesonga told The Associated Press at the nun's memorial mass in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday.
Her murder — the latest slaying of a foreigner in Somalia — was not a random attack and could have been sparked by remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about Muslims that have sparked angry reaction from Muslims around the world, added Willy Huber, regional head of the Austrian-funded hospital where Sister Leonella worked.
The killing has once again turned the spotlight on the lawless Horn of Africa nation where a powerful, radical Islamic group, accused of having ties to al-Qaida, have all but wrested control of the country from the weak and factional Somali government.
With it has come a hardline Taliban-style rule complete with public floggings and executions. Its leaders have pledged to wage holy war against an African peacekeeping force which is supposed to arrive early next month to help stabilize the country.
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That's exactly whast Jesus said in Matthew 12:42-45. Create a religious vacuum, and demons will come in and inhabit it. "... and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."
This is not just a fight with flesh and blood; it's spritual warfare. All the guns and bombs in the world won't do Europe any good, unless they regain their faith in the One True God. Because after all, the murderous muhajeddin have their allah-fubar. And you can't stop something with nothing.
Says it all, doesn't it?
God bless this martyr.
"...the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience."
Islamic warriors might not be the best phrase to use. I'm thinking of some other titles to hand out. Even amongst their own kinfolks...if this were to get out...shooting a woman in the back...makes you look like a utter fool. I'd find the best punishment possible for these guys...laying in a anthill for a couple of hours might be appropriate for them.
Look who I've found, girls!
You, my dear, are on my "most wanted" list...For ALTOGETHER different reasons than these -
FREAKING A** mozzie scum!
who have been getting waaaaay too frisky for their britches lately.
BTW, you've got (FReep)mail!
Luv
your Crusader, A.A.C.
I think we are all missing the point.
In this tit-for-tat situation, the point is to offend our sensibilities as greatly as 'we' offended the muslim's sensibilities. The pope 'insulted' their religion by insulting their religious leader. They picked a nun to signify catholicism, but they want us to feel the same kind of outrage they felt. To provoke that emotion in us, they killed a defenseless woman. They knew that would outrage us. And it has. THAT was the point, to outrage us so that we would feel what they feel.
How does one resolve such a thing?
Bingo...
Thank you for the correction of my error.
I'd default to Martyr for Jesus.
Unfortunately, yes... And if this horror is not dealt with, sternly rest assured that worse *will* follow...
the infowarrior
You are welcome
The King Of Mercy offers us that mercy ven as we sin.
How lovely that this martyr was also a saint in addition to her martyrdom.
Eternal rest.
Pray for us.
There is nothing about it on CAIR's website. However, there is this:
"Jihad is a central and broad Islamic concept that includes struggle against evil inclinations within oneself, struggle to improve the quality of life in society, struggle in the battlefield for self-defense (e.g., - having a standing army for national defense), or fighting against tyranny or oppression. 'Jihad' should not be translated as 'holy war.'
I imagine this will come as news to many people,. It would certainly come as a great surprise to thousands of victims of violence committed by obvious imposters claiming to be "Muslims" acting in the service of something they called "Jihad".
divinely inspired post!
Can the mainstream media bury this story as they do other stories that show the ideology of death and destruction as it REALLY IS? You can bet that they will try! Normal people will finally know what the enemy is when they find out that murderous savage fanatics murdered a 65 year old nun by shooting her in the back as she was praying!
I'm disgusted by these vermin!
They killed an elderly woman because the Pope said they were violent!
They are lower than worms that eat vermin that eat bacteria that eat excrement from dung-eating beetles.
Molesting an infant would be much, much lower IMHO. However, this is definitely low.
With the martyr Sister Leonella, Christianity at work.
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