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DEATH TO ISLAM, DEATH TO THE PEACEFUL RELIGION
HEY ISLAM, **** OFF !
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/14/pope.muslims.reut/index.html
CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- Muslim leaders have condemned Pope Benedict over
comments he made about Islam on a visit to Germany and demanded he
apologize.
The head of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood called on Islamic
countries to threaten to break off relations with the Vatican unless the
pontiff withdrew his remarks.
And a top religious figure in Turkey suggested the pope should reconsider a
trip he was planning to Turkey later this year.
The Vatican issued a statement to say the Pope had never meant to offend
Islam.
In his speech at the University of Regensburg on Tuesday, Benedict quoted
criticism of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad by 14th century Byzantine
Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who wrote that everything Mohammad brought
was evil and inhuman, "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith
he preached."
Benedict, who used the terms "jihad" and "holy war", repeatedly quoted
Manuel's argument that spreading the faith through violence was
unreasonable, adding: "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and
the nature of the soul."
The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mahdi Akef, whose organization
is one of the oldest, largest and most influential in the Arab world, said
the pope "aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world and strengthened the
argument of those who say that the West is hostile to everything Islamic."
"The general guide (Akef) expressed his surprise that such comments should
come from someone who sits at the summit of the Catholic Church and who has
an influence over public opinion in the West," a statement on the Muslim
Brotherhood's official Web site, www.ikhwanonline.com, said.
The Vatican press office said in a statement the pope had not intended to
carry out an in-depth study of jihad (holy war) and Muslim thinking about
it, "even less to offend the sensitivity of the Muslim faithful."
"It is clear that the Holy Father's intention is to cultivate a position of
respect and dialogue towards other religions and cultures, and that clearly
includes Islam," the statement by chief Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi
said.
He said a careful reading of the pope's lecture would show that "what really
matters to the Holy Father is a clear and radical rejection of religious
motives for violence."
In Turkey, the Anatolian state news agency quoted Ali Bardakoglu, the head
of Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs, as describing the
pope's words as "extremely regrettable".
"I do not see any use in somebody visiting the Islamic world who thinks in
this way about the holy prophet of Islam. He should first rid himself of
feelings of hate," NTV's Web site quoted Bardakoglu as saying.
Bardakoglu, whose directorate controls all imams in Turkey and sends prayer
leaders to Turkish communities abroad, recalled atrocities committed by
Roman Catholic Crusaders during the Middle Ages in the name of their faith
against Orthodox Christians and Jews as well as Muslims.
Benedict is due to visit Turkey, an avowedly secular state whose population
is predominantly Muslim, in November at the invitation of President Ahmet
Necdet Sezer.
In Qatar, prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi rejected the
pope's comments and said Islam was a religion of peace and reason.
"Muslims have the right to be angry and hurt by these comments from the
highest cleric in Christianity," Qaradawi told Al Jazeera television. "We
ask the pope to apologize to the Muslim nation for insulting its religion,
its prophet and its beliefs."
HEY ISLAM, **** OFF !
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/14/pope.muslims.reut/index.html
CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- Muslim leaders have condemned Pope Benedict over
comments he made about Islam on a visit to Germany and demanded he
apologize.
The head of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood called on Islamic
countries to threaten to break off relations with the Vatican unless the
pontiff withdrew his remarks.
And a top religious figure in Turkey suggested the pope should reconsider a
trip he was planning to Turkey later this year.
The Vatican issued a statement to say the Pope had never meant to offend
Islam.
In his speech at the University of Regensburg on Tuesday, Benedict quoted
criticism of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad by 14th century Byzantine
Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who wrote that everything Mohammad brought
was evil and inhuman, "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith
he preached."
Benedict, who used the terms "jihad" and "holy war", repeatedly quoted
Manuel's argument that spreading the faith through violence was
unreasonable, adding: "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and
the nature of the soul."
The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mahdi Akef, whose organization
is one of the oldest, largest and most influential in the Arab world, said
the pope "aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world and strengthened the
argument of those who say that the West is hostile to everything Islamic."
"The general guide (Akef) expressed his surprise that such comments should
come from someone who sits at the summit of the Catholic Church and who has
an influence over public opinion in the West," a statement on the Muslim
Brotherhood's official Web site, www.ikhwanonline.com, said.
The Vatican press office said in a statement the pope had not intended to
carry out an in-depth study of jihad (holy war) and Muslim thinking about
it, "even less to offend the sensitivity of the Muslim faithful."
"It is clear that the Holy Father's intention is to cultivate a position of
respect and dialogue towards other religions and cultures, and that clearly
includes Islam," the statement by chief Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi
said.
He said a careful reading of the pope's lecture would show that "what really
matters to the Holy Father is a clear and radical rejection of religious
motives for violence."
In Turkey, the Anatolian state news agency quoted Ali Bardakoglu, the head
of Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs, as describing the
pope's words as "extremely regrettable".
"I do not see any use in somebody visiting the Islamic world who thinks in
this way about the holy prophet of Islam. He should first rid himself of
feelings of hate," NTV's Web site quoted Bardakoglu as saying.
Bardakoglu, whose directorate controls all imams in Turkey and sends prayer
leaders to Turkish communities abroad, recalled atrocities committed by
Roman Catholic Crusaders during the Middle Ages in the name of their faith
against Orthodox Christians and Jews as well as Muslims.
Benedict is due to visit Turkey, an avowedly secular state whose population
is predominantly Muslim, in November at the invitation of President Ahmet
Necdet Sezer.
In Qatar, prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi rejected the
pope's comments and said Islam was a religion of peace and reason.
"Muslims have the right to be angry and hurt by these comments from the
highest cleric in Christianity," Qaradawi told Al Jazeera television. "We
ask the pope to apologize to the Muslim nation for insulting its religion,
its prophet and its beliefs."
