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Envoy to Pope Francis: Declaring Islam ‘Peaceful’ a Contingency for Restoring Interfaith Ties
Algemeiner ^ | June 12, 2013

Posted on 06/13/2013 4:53:30 AM PDT by SJackson

Al-Azhar Envoy to Pope Francis: Declaring Islam ‘Peaceful’ a Contingency for Restoring Interfaith Ties

JNS.org - An envoy from Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, one of the highest centers of learning in the Islamic world, has called on Pope Francis to declare Islam as a “peaceful religion” in order to restore ties between the world’s two largest faiths.

“The problems that we had were not with the Vatican but with the former pope. Now the doors of Al-Azhar are open,” Mahmoud Abdel Gawad, diplomatic envoy to the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, told the Cairo-based Italian daily Il Messaggero in a report cited by AFP.

“Francis is a new pope. We are expecting a step forward from him. If in one of his addresses he were to declare that Islam is a peaceful religion, that Muslims are not looking for war or violence, that would be progress in itself,” he said.

But Gawad ruled out any dialogue that would include Jewish leaders, saying during the interview that Al-Azhar “will not take part in any meeting with Israelis.”

Under Pope Benedict, the Catholic Church had strained relations with the Muslim world over comments Benedict made about the Prophet Mohammed in 2006. Additionally, both Benedict and Francis have been critical of Muslim treatment of Christian minorities in the Middle East.


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1 posted on 06/13/2013 4:53:30 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

Declaring it peaceful doesn’t make it so...


2 posted on 06/13/2013 4:54:37 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: SJackson

islam, religion of devil worshippers, is NOT peaceful and declaring it so will not make it so


3 posted on 06/13/2013 4:54:56 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: SJackson

Moment of truth here...


4 posted on 06/13/2013 4:55:43 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Common Sense 101

It’s easy to misunderstand the headline.

It was the MUSLIM representative ASKING the Pope to make the declaration, as the “Contingency for Restoring Interfaith Ties,”.

The Pope has NOT responded.


5 posted on 06/13/2013 4:58:29 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: SJackson

Don’t lighten up, Francis.


6 posted on 06/13/2013 4:58:56 AM PDT by BrewingFrog (I brew, therefore I am!)
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To: Common Sense 101

Also, keep in mind, whatever the Pope’s response, he is concerned for the safety of all Christians living in Muslim countries.


7 posted on 06/13/2013 5:00:59 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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8 posted on 06/13/2013 5:02:41 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: SJackson

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”

— Pope Benedict XVI quoting Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.


9 posted on 06/13/2013 5:02:44 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: SJackson

We agree,peaceful as an evening in springtime!

10 posted on 06/13/2013 5:03:14 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: G Larry

Understood. Comments are “pre-emptive”...


11 posted on 06/13/2013 5:05:50 AM PDT by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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To: SJackson

Muslims have been at war with us infidels for 1400 years. Saying they are peaceful sounds nice and PC but it can get you killed in the real world
Freegards
LEX


12 posted on 06/13/2013 5:05:58 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: SJackson

muslims to Pope Francis: Submit


13 posted on 06/13/2013 5:07:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yep.


14 posted on 06/13/2013 5:08:11 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: G Larry

Agreed. Thanks for pointing it out.


15 posted on 06/13/2013 5:09:50 AM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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To: G Larry
Also, keep in mind, whatever the Pope’s response, he is concerned for the safety of all Christians living in Muslim countries.

I'm not Catholic, but I have a higher opinion of him than to pre-defend him for being wishy-washy - he's been a gem so far.

16 posted on 06/13/2013 5:12:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: SJackson

The Vatican needs to be a nuclear power.


17 posted on 06/13/2013 5:17:54 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: kinsman redeemer
The Vatican needs to be a nuclear power.

FREAKING BRILLIANT! Love it!

18 posted on 06/13/2013 5:20:56 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Moment of truth here...

It really is. My biggest fear here is that if Francis either doesn't respond (most likely) or responds that Islam is not in-line with Catholicism/Christianity, we're going to see bombings in Vatican City and assassination attempts.

These goat-humping, inbred pederasts would rather blow themselves up to make a point than have any real, substantive dialog. I'm tired of the world being afraid of these neanderthals.

19 posted on 06/13/2013 5:22:49 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

It will come to that. It will have to before the west revisits the Crusades.

We cannot coexist with people that want us dead. Period.


20 posted on 06/13/2013 5:34:02 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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