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Germany's Vatican ambassador: 'Islam is part of the solution'
Deutsche Welle ^
 | 17.01.2016
 | (Astrid Prange/gro)
Posted on 01/17/2016 6:39:23 PM PST by Olog-hai
Germany's ambassador to the Vatican, Annette Schavan, still sees religion as a peacemaker, despite wars and terrorism. In an interview with DW, she calls for more interfaith dialogue and respect between all religions. [...] 
'There are warmongers who embrace religion. But that does not mean that religion promotes war. Religion has the great power to bring peace. People are upset by the numerous attacks and wonder, "Should we equate these images of violence with Islam?" One gets the impression that Islam is part of the problem. But that's not true. It must become clear that it is part of the solution.' [...] 
'The pope is a great moral authority whose sphere of influence reaches beyond the Catholic world. Because he acts as a peacemaker and reconciler, people from all cultures feel he is the voice of conscience, and they yearn for religion in the 21st century to unite and not divide.' ...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:39:23 PM PST
by 
Olog-hai
 
To: Olog-hai
    Goog God Germany is done for
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:40:43 PM PST
by 
Breto
(Stranger in a strange land... where did America go?)
 
To: Olog-hai
    If islam is part of the solution, than what is the problem?
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:40:55 PM PST
by 
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years.  Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
 
To: Olog-hai
    Sure, if you are looking for a solution to the question: “How do I destroy my country”...
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:42:31 PM PST
by 
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
 
To: Olog-hai
    Is it a preliminary solution? A middle solution? A final solution?
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:43:15 PM PST
by 
ClearCase_guy
(I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
 
To: Olog-hai
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:44:22 PM PST
by 
faithhopecharity
(Diff tween D's and R's is that the thatD's allow the poor to be corrupt, too. (O. Levant)
 
To: faithhopecharity
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:45:39 PM PST
by 
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
 
To: Olog-hai
    Germany’s Vatican ambassador: ‘Islam is part of the solution’ “to live as we know it...”
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:46:22 PM PST
by 
DoughtyOne
(Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
 
To: Olog-hai
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:47:13 PM PST
by 
ealgeone
 
To: DoughtyOne
    hmmm.... I doubt if ISLAM sees her in a similar...light 
 
 
 
 
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:47:48 PM PST
by 
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
 
To: MeshugeMikey
    ahh...she is definitely not one of the 72 brown-eyed maidens the Muzzies dream of.
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:48:52 PM PST
by 
House Atreides
(Cruzin' [BUT NO LONGER Trumping'] or losin'!)
 
To: Olog-hai
    The Jihadists will behead the Pope when they take Rome. They have promised.
Useful idiots.
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:48:56 PM PST
by 
Titus-Maximus
(It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
 
To: Olog-hai
    What is the point of "dialogue" with a cult that explicitly embraces Taqiya as a means of propagating Islam and explicitly condemns Freedom of Religion for anyone who does not accept Islam? 
   
   
    
   
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:48:58 PM PST
by 
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines  RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
 
To: ClearCase_guy
    Definitely for the “final solution” to the Christian problem Europe and America are facing
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:49:53 PM PST
by 
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
 
To: MeshugeMikey
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:50:11 PM PST
by 
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered.  But journalists are forgotten.)
 
To: Olog-hai
    The Vatican is using the crisis to increase its power. When you are facing annihilation you will give yourself over to just anybody who claims to have a solution.
War is coming.
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:51:08 PM PST
by 
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
 
To: Olog-hai
    Is he talking about the “Final Solution?”
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:54:04 PM PST
by 
stevem
 
To: Breto
    Polio is also part of the solution.
 
To: butlerweave
    I get the sense that she’s not terribly... uh...mainstream
Id say she’s likely rather....”militantly diverse” and PROUD of it!
 
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posted on 
01/17/2016 6:56:47 PM PST
by 
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
 
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