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Pope: 'Authentic' Islam opposes violence
WND ^ | 11/26/2013 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 01/06/2014 5:22:44 PM PST by FR_addict

Pope Francis’ insistence in his new apostolic exhortation that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence” is drawing negative reviews from some analysts of the religion who point to the Islamic holy book’s calls to wage war against nonbelievers.

“How does he know that? When did he become an imam?” wonders columnist Pamela Geller.

She notes as an example the Quranic passage that states: “So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks.”

“At a time when Christianity worldwide is under siege by Islamic jihadists, the leader of the Catholic Church claims that the Quran teaches nonviolence,” Geller writes. ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: authenticislam; islam; koran; mohammed; pope; popefrancis
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To: FR_addict

That version of Islam has never existed.

Islam is a murderous abomination that must be destroyed, root and branch.


141 posted on 01/08/2014 7:44:17 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: FR_addict
The "religion of peace" again...

"And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." (Daniel 8:5)

142 posted on 01/08/2014 10:33:00 AM PST by istandwithsarah (Game on!)
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To: FR_addict

This Pope wades into things he doesn’t understand.


143 posted on 09/19/2014 11:41:28 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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