“I vaguely remember this incident, wasn’t there a bruhaha because the pope walked out?”
You mean this?
“Pope walks out after Muslim cleric accuses Israel of ‘slaughter’”
“... The speech was delivered in Arabic, without simultaneous translation, but after the pope was informed of the political nature of al-Tamimi’s speech, he left the conference. “
http://www.haaretz.com/news/pope-walks-out-after-muslim-cleric-accuses-israel-of-slaughter-1.275822
That's the one, thanks.
I understand the desire that people have for the pope to confront islam the way we perhaps would. If I shout "your's is a doctrine of demons" at a Protestant he'll shout right back at me. I have the impression that if I shouted "your prophet was a pedo" at a muslim there would be a body count and if it made the news people who weren't even involved would die. I think we used to call people like that savages. The same rules of engagement don't apply when dealing with savages with guns and explosives.
IIRC, the controversy was that he stayed till the end of the event, stood and shook hands with the thug and left as the event was ending. If I'm wrong I stand corrected, but I do recall watching video of this and he did not stand up and walk out during the thug's tirade.