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| Arab op-ed: PopeÂ’s remarks may lead to war |
| 2006-09-17 |
| The recent remarks made by Pope Benedict XVI on Islam are threatening to ignite the entire Muslim world. Op-Eds published in the Arab newspapers slammed the pope even after the Vatican’s apology. Which was a non-apology The most extreme opinion was voiced by Hani Pahas in the London-based Arabic-language daily newspaper Al-Hayat, who wrote “the pope’s comments may lead to war; we fear that the pope’s statements may lead to a war that we, Muslims and Christians alike, are trying to prevent through dialogue between East and West. Hussein Shabakshy wrote in an article published by the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat “It is clear that such remarks only contribute to the fueling of the fire raging between Islam and the West. There is no difference between Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking from their caves in Tora Bora and the stage of an important Christian saint. Both parties contribute to the world verbal weapons for mass destruction.” “These are ignorant comments previously made by Adolf Hitler, who spoke of a supreme white race against all the other races, especially the African race. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said a Vatican statement on Saturday saying Pope Benedict was sorry for upsetting Muslims with his comments on Islam did not go far enough. Too bad, so sad. Glad you understood that, though. The spiritual leader of Lebanon's Sunnis, the Grand Mufti Sheik Mohammed Rashid Kabbani, said the pope's remarks emanated either from "Ignorance and lack of knowledge or were deliberately intended to distort Islam." "Reason is the substance of Islam and its teachings ... Islam prohibited violence in human life. Anyone who wants the truth (about Islam) must take it from Islam's holy book, the Koran, rather than from a dialogue or excerpts," he said. I didn't know chutzpah was Islamic. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #6 May? We already are at war with you dumbshits. The western press and leaders are too stupid/liberal to deal with it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-09-17 17:16 |
| #5 Does anyone here not want total war against the Islamic enemy? Pax Americana would be 100 times preferable to the current phase of the GWOT. We have the means to pacify this enemy. Instead we are allowing them to migrate to our countries, while incorporating terrorists within pseudo democratic processes abroad. That is suicide. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-17 15:57 |
| #4 Is it possible that so many of the comments from what passes for intellectuals in the Arab world are patently ridiculous stems from the intense study of the Koran? It appears that formal logic and reasoning are unislamic in origin and hence haram. One more reason why the Islamic world is a motley collection of thirdworld shitholes. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-09-17 14:45 |
| #3 ARAB OP-ED: POPE'S REMARKS MAY LEAD TO OPEN WAR There, I fixed the headline. |
| Posted by: Omoth Ebboper5461 2006-09-17 10:31 |
| #2 What there saying is that this might rip the veil held up by the apologist who chant 'Religion of Peace' and 'Moderate Muslim' and show the *true* face of Islam for everyone to see. Once that happens everyone will see what kind of demonic and hatefull religion Islam really is. Then there will be war. Why do you think they don't want anything know about Mohammand except from their Imans and insitutions like CAIR? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-09-17 10:31 |
| #1 Uh, you're already at war, remember, it started not because someones honour had been sullied., but because one nation was hit by a massive sneak attack that crippled its economy and killed a great number of its citizens. That how wars start Get over yourselves. |
| Posted by: bk 2006-09-17 10:23 |