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[demiga]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/wl_nm/religion_pope_islam_dc

I swear, these Muslims are as bad as the freaking NAACP...first the Jesus Camp Movie, and now this. When will it end...???

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[masoretic]

If you read his actual speech, he never says anything inflammatory about muslims himself. He quotes an emperor in 1390 who said something, which he identified rightfully as quite brusque.

"Without descending to details, such as the difference in treatment accorded to those who have the "Book" and the "infidels", he addresses his interlocutor with a startling brusqueness on the central question about the relationship between religion and violence in general, saying: "Show me just what Mohammed 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". The emperor, after having expressed himself so forcefully, goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable."

The good Pope never said a single thing to insult Muslims, he simply quoted someone who apparently did, to prove a completely different point. Makes me think al-Jazeera holds more power with the people in the Middle east than the

[piggy8282]

It'll end with the rapture, my dear.