Dalai Lama sees Pope, says few Muslims "mischievous"

Reuters ^ | Fri Oct 13, 2006 | Stephen Brown

[DogBarkTree]

ROME (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said after meeting Pope Benedict on Friday that "a few mischievous Muslims" should not be allowed to give the Islamic faith a bad name.

Muslims worldwide were offended by a speech by the Pope last month in which he quoted a Byzantine emperor who said the Prophet Mohammed spread Islam by the sword.

The backlash has been sometimes violent and hardliners declared war on the Pope.

The exiled spiritual leader of 6 million Tibetan Buddhists living under Chinese Communist rule said Benedict and his predecessor John Paul II, who died last year, shared with himself a vocation for "the promotion of religious harmony".

"Nowadays I often express that due to a few mischievous Muslims' acts we should not consider all Muslims as something bad. That is very unfair," the Dalai Lama told a news conference organized by a Rome university hosting him for a seminar.

"A few mischievous people you can find among fellows from all religions -- among Muslims and Christians and Jews and Buddhists. To generalize is not correct," he said.

[DogBarkTree]

"mischievous"???? I use to like the Dalai but now instead of saying "Hello Dalai" I think I'll be say "Goodbye Dalai"

[L98Fiero]

Dhimmi Lama?

[NinoFan]

Mischievous, MISCHIEVOUS, MISCHIEVOUS!!!! THAT'S the word he picks to describe these thugs that kill innocents?

[CDHart]

"Mischievious" is hardly the word to use - more like "demented" if you ask me.

Carolyn

[Jeff Chandler]

Those little dickens.

[Argus]

Hey fella, it only took a few mishcievous communists from China to wipe out your entire country. It's not the numbers, it's the intensity that counts.

[theDentist]

So, this is just mischief, Muslim style...?

[Red Badger]

What's the sound of one brain cell working?.............

[snarks_when_bored]

Later, the Lama was overheard to utter the words, "Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga." Nobody's sure what he meant, but everybody's sure he meant something really, really deep, man...

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL....that was my reaction. "Mischievous" describes a kid with a rubber doggy turd or whoopee cushion, not a homicidal maniac with a decapitated head in one hand and the trigger to his explosive belt in the other!

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

"Mischievous Muslims"? Yeah, deep down in your heart, you gotta love the little scamps. Just like you gotta love those "mischievous" Chinese communists.

[KarlInOhio]

"a few mischievous Muslims"?

Mischievous? So all we have to worry about are prank phone calls, bags of flaming dog poop, graffiti and maybe a little shoplifting? Open up your eyes, Dalai Lama.

[JCEccles]

Dalai Lama = Jimmy Carter in saffron.

[JCEccles]

Oh, those whacky, madcap Muslim scamps!

[Kirkwood]

muslim whoopee cushions explode

[Navy Patriot]

Yeah, a few communist Chinese are mischievous, too. I'm glad he's comfortable with that.

[TrebleRebel]

What mischief these naughty Muslims have been up to.

[CzarNicky]

few are mischievous ones there are however a whole bunch who are murderous terrorists.

[wideawake]

Thanks, Tenzy, you pampered starf***ing fop.

Fact: when your Buddhist flock were fighting for their lives in China, you ran away to Europe to chill in four star hotels and have a speaking tour for your hippie fans.

When his Catholic flock in China was fighting for their lives, Ignatius Cardinal Kung stayed in China to be imprisoned and tortured for 30 years until he was deported.

So shut your mouth.