Muslim group threatens to kill the Pope

Jerusalem Post ^ | Jun. 7, 2003 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

[yonif]

Croatia's state-run news agency HINA reported Friday that it and a Croatian Catholic news agency had received e-mails threatening to kill Pope John Paul II "in the name of Allah."

The e-mails, signed by the "Islamic Front of el-Mujahadeen" and addressed to "the infidels," appeared to have originated in neighboring Bosnia, said Interior Ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic.

She said Croatian and international police agencies were investigating, but that there was no danger to the pontiff because of the heavy security around him.

Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told reporters aboard the pope's plane Saturday that the Vatican receives such threats "from time to time" and turns them over to local authorities.

He indicated there would be no changes in the pope's schedule in Croatia.

John Paul was holding a Mass on Saturday in Osijek, just over the border from predominantly Orthodox Serbia. Organizers were preparing for up to 200,000 pilgrims from Croatia and Serbia as well as neighboring Bosnia and Hungary.

[TomB]

What a disgusting thing to post.. just because there are people who vehemently disagree with Catholics on matters of religion does NOT mean they would want someone murdered.. good heavens..

Are you sure about this? I guess you've never been on a religion thread when the Pope is called the anti-Christ or the "Whore of Babylon"?

It is a fact that there is VIRULENT anti-Catholicism on the board. Although many have been culled, and I give the moderators credit for that, some remain.

[grumple]

It's all about WMD's (/sarcasm)

[TomB]

What a disgusting thing to post.. just because there are people who vehemently disagree with Catholics on matters of religion does NOT mean they would want someone murdered.. good heavens..

Those recent threads are tame. There have been some purely religious threads (much of it about the time of the Bob Jones controversy) that have had some amazing things said about the Pope.

[Zipporah]

Calling the pope "Whore of Babylon" does not equate to wanting him dead... IMO.

[Lockbar]

I think those idiots did that once before, or at least the Pope was shot by a muslim the first time. The pope was against the war against Saddam, so what are they complaining about?

[MEG33]

He is an infidel to the Muslims.

[varon]

...........in many countries it could well spell a Crusade.

Or lynchings. Whatever it takes.

IHO either or both of the above are already justified.

[TomB]

Calling the pope "Whore of Babylon" does not equate to wanting him dead... IMO.

You are correct. However, once you get to the "anti-Christ" stage, it is but a short step. But I only included that to show the level of vitriol some freepers have for the Pope. Yes, there have been freepers who have wished ill for him, I haven't read any recently, but they are out there.

[festus]

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And yet he still refuses to declare a Crusade........

How come Muslims are the only ones that get to have holy wars these days ?

Pope to Terrorists : "All of your Jihads are belong to us" lululululululululululu

[Future Snake Eater]

Religion of Peace advocates would be left dumb, with nothing to say. The act would be so indefensible, so revolting, so nauseating to most of civilization, that in many countries it could well spell a Crusade.

Yeah, right, as if the slaughter of thousands of innocents wasn't enough, the killing of a figurehead of a church that many believe is "hate-filled" anyway is going to finally be the end of Religion of Peacers? Riiight...you're far more hopeful than I...

[Gorzaloon]

Yeah, right, as if the slaughter of thousands of innocents wasn't enough, the killing of a figurehead of a church that many believe is "hate-filled" anyway is going to finally be the end of Religion of Peacers? Riiight...you're far more hopeful than I...

The point is, many do not feel negatively about that church. Many, in many countries, are fervent followers. Sometimes a symbol is more important than a brutal reality. Look at how advertising works, for example.

We all know that using the right toothpaste or drinking the right beer does not assure more dates..it's a downright stupid claim, yet, billions are spent on name brand/recognition/icon advertising to get the crowd's attention.

Apparantly September 11 did not, sufficiently. But assume radical Muslooneys killed..ohh, Santa Claus, Elvis, or any other abstract icon that was safe and painless to think about. All of a sudden, the fury so lacking about 9-11, for some reason, would assume massive proportions. People are funny. And crowds of them are downright weird.

[Tripleplay]

Muslims would never attack the Pope...............unless he had unprotected women and children around him.

[TLBSHOW]

This is that Religion of Peace I hear so much about?

[Labyrinthos]

Is John born-again, in case the worst happens?

Oh please. Stop with this "born again" crap.

[snooker]

Man who shot pope pardoned in Italy

http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/06/13/pope.gunman.03/

and they let him go so he can forment more hatred. Note he went back to Turkey. This isn't as funny as it may sound at first.

[BSunday]

My question would be ... Why? Isn't he like 238 years old?

[IronJack]

Go ahead, towelies. If you truly want a holy war, that's a good place to start. Just one piece of advice, though: you don't want a holy war. You ain't doin' too well in the one you already got.

[katana]

They already did, but at the behest of the KGB with Bulgarian communist support. If an attempt is made by the current crop of Islamofascists, it would be interesting to see Europe's reaction. Frankly, I think they're too far gone to do what needs to be done.

[lilylangtree]

To think that Clintoon wasted our resources, declared illegal war upon a fellow member of NATO, kidnapped the leader and trying him under bogus circumstances, violated international law, changed the charter of NATO, separated a province from its parent nation and made the province a nation, bombed the Chinese embassy all for these Bosnian islamic muslims that believe in violence for a living. Good grief! Would never trust an islamic!