Italian editor and critic of Islamic extremism Magdi Allam, who converted to Catholicism from Islam, is baptised by Pope Benedict XVI during Easter Vigil mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on March 22, 2008
Posted on 02/25/2011 5:58:26 AM PST by NYer
ROME (AP) - Italian police on Friday arrested six Moroccan men suspected of inciting hatred against Pope Benedict XVI for converting a Muslim journalist in Italy to Catholicism.
Stefano Fonsi, head of Brescia police's anti-terrorism squad in northern Italy, said the suspects allegedly banded together and met privately with the goal of stirring up religious hatred against non-Muslims, including the pope.
Investigators say they found literature exhorting Muslim immigrants against integrating into Italian society and saying the pope should be punished for having baptized the journalist during an Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica.
The investigation grew out of security checks ahead of a pastoral visit by Benedict to Brescia in 2009, but authorities insisted that their probe revealed no plot against the pontiff or other terrorism aims.
Brescia Prosecutors Fabio Salmone said there was "absolutely no" indication that the group had attacks in mind. "I rule that out," he told reporters. "There wasn't even a plan" to organize attacks, he said.
In 2008, Egyptian-born journalist Magdi Allam angered some Muslims by becoming a Catholic. After being baptized, he changed his name to Magdi Cristiano Allam. He had built a career in Italy as a newspaper commentator and author attacking Islamic extremism and supporting Israel.
The Pope baptises Magdi Allam at the Easter Service
Another escalation in the war between Islam and Christianity
“Another escalation in the war between Islam and Christianity”
Yes. Essentially any gesture that does not in some way signify superiority of Islam above all else will offend Islamic fundamentalists and ‘escalate’ the growing conflict. Let’s face it, any religion that incites parents to have their children killed (’honor’ killing) because they make other choices in life, or to encourage their children to blow themselves up to advance that religion, is not going to coexist peacefully with other religions.
Of course they hate him, they hate us all.
Luke 6:22 NAS
“Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
John 15:18 KJV
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you
1 John 3:13 KJV
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
One cannot negotiate with people who have no concept of REASON. Islam shows itself more and more everyday to be simply a fatalistic cult of death. Great for maintaining control of a large poor population; continually tell them that they're poor because that's what Allah wants them to be, and they can't try to change their circumstances, because that would be against the will of Allah.
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