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Olde Tyme Religion

Muslim countries ask UN to address Pope's remarks

2006-09-19

Islamic countries asked the UN Human Rights Council to examine the question of religious tolerance on Monday, saying that Pope Benedict's remarks on Islam threaten to alienate Muslims from the West.

There's obviously something wrong with my mind, since I can't seem to make it figure out why it's so important for us to worry about each and every little word for fear of alienating them, while they have no worries whatsoever about alienating us.

Masood Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said Muslim countries were "reassured that the Pope has expressed regrets, distanced himself from the text that caused offense and renewed his invitation for a frank and sincere dialogue with mutual respect. But Khan, speaking on behalf of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference, said the speech was nevertheless a mistake - a sentiment echoing the response of many Muslims around the world to Benedict's reading last week of a medieval text that characterized some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman" and referred to spreading Islam "by the sword."

"The statement was regrettable as it showed lack of understanding, albeit inadvertent, about Islam and its prophet," Khan told the 47-country council, the United Nations' human rights watchdog. "Such a tendency also threatens deeper alienation between the West and the world of Islam and hurts the ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and harmony amongst religions."

Posted by:Fred

#10 Well, the UN's the right sewer for this kind of crap.

Posted by: Perfesser 2006-09-19 09:38

#9 The UN?

ROFL. Ya sure, you'll probably get a resolution through the GA. Won't mean anything, of course. Nothing the UN "decides" ever does.

But in individual Western countries we should be waking up to the dangers inherent in allowing Muslims, who believe all "democratic" things are haram anyway, to feverishly work the levers.

Posted by: flyover 2006-09-19 09:34

#8 I suggest the UN demands a formal apology from all muslim countries for publishing the Koran.

Posted by: Sapaysing trummleg 2134 2006-09-19 08:45

#7 "Pope Benedict's remarks on Islam threaten to alienate Muslims from the West."

In other news:
--- 'Jewish remarks on Anti-semitism threaten to alienate Nazis'
--- 'Dr. King's remarks on segregation threaten to alienate white southern democrats'
--- 'FBI profiler's remarks threaten to alienate serial killers'
--- 'Jungle explorers remarks on diet threaten to alienate cannibalistic tribes'

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-19 08:35

#6 But if they do that, will the Human Rights Council still have enough time to issue their weekly condemnation of Israel and/or America?

Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-09-19 06:00

#5 Let's all agree how an institution capable of ignoring genocidal crimes against humanity is uniquely qualified to request that a peaceful faith-based organization issue some sort of apology for identifying exactly which murderous group is foremost in its responsibility for modern terrorism.

FOAD Kofi, et al.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-19 03:00

#4 What a load of mule crap, FOAD is right 3dc. Toss the UN out of our nation.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-09-19 01:14

#3 Masood Khan - FOAD!

Posted by: 3dc 2006-09-19 01:01

#2 http://jimtreacher.com/archives/001472.html

Posted by: mojo 2006-09-19 00:30

#1 "Islamic countries asked the UN Human Rights Council to examine the question of religious tolerance on Monday, saying that Pope Benedict's remarks on Islam threaten to alienate Muslims from the West."

Good point, we'd better not alienate the 17% of British muslims who believe that their bretheren were in any way involved in 9/11.

Posted by: Koala 2006-09-19 00:28

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