Posted on 11/30/2014 4:03:48 PM PST by FR_addict
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.
Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism.
Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, caused storms of protest throughout the Islamic world in 2006, when he made a speech that suggested to many Muslims that he believed Islam espoused violence. ...
So THAT is where Joe got his idea from!!
8.We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
Have another...
A rabbi, a priest and a minister walk into a bar.
The bartender looks up and says, “What is this, a joke?”
Another story today about a non-violent Muslim:
Girl beaten to death by muslim in Germany
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3232987/posts?page=6
Yep, worked great. Took it to heart as a personal message. That was the intent, right? I wouldn't want to get it wrong.
No indeed.
I like your tagline.
Beheading is Against Islam, That’s Why Mohammed Owned a Sword Named “Cleaver of Vertebrae”
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On September 30, 2014
Islam really is the religion of the sword. Mohammed had a huge sword collection, a lot of them stolen from other people, and he gave a name to each of his swords because he was kind of a psycho.
One of his favorite swords was Dhu al-Faqar or “Cleaver of Vertebrae”. When you see this kind of sword on a Jihadist flag, that’s ole Faqar. Muslim legend says that the sword was given to Mohammed by an angel. Actually he looted it in battle or his followers did.
“Dhu al-Faqar is the name of this sword, taken as Booty by the prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Badr. It is reported that the prophet Muhammad gave the sword to Ali b. Abi Talib, and that Ali returned from the Battle of Uhud covered with blood from his hands to his shoulders, having Dhu al-Faqar with him. “
Can anyone name Moses or Jesus’ favorite swords? Mohammed though had a huge sword collection, a lot of them stolen from other people, because he was kind of a psycho.
How much did Mohammed like his swords? He named them. And he liked them more than his wives or just about anything else.
“The al-Rasub sword is one of the nine swords of the prophet Muhammad. It is said that the weapons of the house of the prophet Muhammad were kept among his family just like the Ark was kept with the Israelites.”
Except the Ark contained the word of G-d, while the sword was something that Mohammed used to murder non-Muslims. There is no better contrast between religions.
One of his favorite swords was Dhu al-Faqar or “Cleaver of Vertebrae”. When you see this kind of sword on a Jihadist flag, that’s ole Faqar. Muslim legend says that the sword was given to Mohammed by an angel. Actually he looted it in battle or his followers did.
“Dhu al-Faqar is the name of this sword, taken as Booty by the prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Badr. It is reported that the prophet Muhammad gave the sword to Ali b. Abi Talib, and that Ali returned from the Battle of Uhud covered with blood from his hands to his shoulders, having Dhu al-Faqar with him. “
Cheerful story. Nothing to do with Islam of course, except for it involving its prophet and his campaign to convert everyone to Islam by the sword… of which he had a whole bunch.
The sword got passed down to various Muslim Caliphs and rulers until one of them tried to kill a dog with it and it broke. It might have been the obvious design flaw.
So much for the magic sword.
But let’s not be judgmental. It turns out that Mohammed also had the sword of a whole bunch of people.
“The al-Battar sword was taken by the prophet Muhammad as booty from the Banu Qaynaqa. It is called the “sword of the prophets” and is inscribed in Arabic with the names of David, Solomon, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Zechariah, John, Jesus, and Muhammad. It also has a drawing of King David when cut off the head of Goliath to whom this sword had belonged originally. . . .”
The Banu Qaynaqa were among the Jews massacred by Mohammed and his murderous thugs. In the twisted mindset of Islam having a sword with a bunch of names of religious figures on it means that you succeed them.
Islam really is the religion of the sword.
Francis is a very sui generis Pope. He embraces enthusiastically Marxist liberation theology. Francis strongly criticizes free enterprise while supporting Obama’s redistribution of wealth, a Marxist tenet that everywhere it have been imposed the result have been the general distribution of misery. He was the main artifice of Obama’s pact with the Cuban tortures to keep afloat the Cuban Stalinist tyranny. He is preparing an Encyclical defending the hoax of global warming. Francis proudly calls himself the Che Guevara of the Palestine people claiming that Islam is a peace loving religion even as thousands of Christians are being slaughtered by Muslims, some were crucified, others were burned alive or beheaded and their churches were set on fire.
What does the Religion of Peace Teach About... Violence
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called ‘hypocrites’ and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, the verses of violence in the Quran are mostly open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran.
I swear I thought this pope was supposed to be Malachy. Maybe that’s Francis’ middle name.
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