Posted on 09/15/2006 12:22:44 PM PDT by knighthawk
Muslim political and religious leaders around the world have been reacting to a speech by Pope Benedict XVI in which he mentioned the Prophet Muhammad.
PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER ISMAIL HANIYA In the name of our Palestinian people... we express our condemnation of the statements of his Excellency the Pope, against Islam as a belief, sharia, history, and a lifestyle.
PAKISTANI PARLIAMENT The derogatory remarks of the Pope about the philosophy of jihad and Prophet Muhammad have injured sentiments across the Muslim world and pose the danger of spreading acrimony among the religions.
HAMID ANSARI, CHAIRMAN OF INDIA'S MINORITY COMMISSION The language used by the Pope sounds like that of his 12th-Century counterpart who ordered the crusades... It surprises me because the Vatican has a very comprehensive relationship with the Muslim world".
DIN SYAMSUDDIN, HEAD OF MUHAMMAD, INDONESIA'S SECOND LARGEST MUSLIM ORGANISATION The Pope's statements reflect his lack of wisdom. It is obvious from the statements that the Pope doesn't have a correct understanding of Islam.
AHMAD KHATAMI, IRANIAN CLERIC It is unfortunate to see that the leader of the world's Christians is so ill-informed about Islam and speaks so shamelessly.
Muslims around the world would surely react to such weak arguments and will invite those who misunderstand Islam to learn about the religion. We say that such insults will spread the influence of Islam further.
MOHAMMED MAHDA AKEF, EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD The remarks do not express correct understanding of Islam and are merely wrong and distorted beliefs being repeated in the West.
SHEIKH YOUSSEF AL-QARDAWI, QATARI MUSLIM CLERIC AND HEAD OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARS' ASSOCIATION Our hands are outstretched and our religion calls for peace, not for war, for love not for hatred, for tolerance, not for fanaticism, for knowing each other and not for disavowing each other.
We condemn this and we want to know the explanation of this and what is intended by this. We call on the pope, the pontiff, to apologise to the Islamic nation because he has insulted its religion and Prophet, its faith and Sharia without any justification."
ALI BARDAKOGLU, SENIOR TURKISH MUSLIM 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.
SALIH KAPUSUZ, DEPUTY LEADER OF TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY He has a dark mentality that comes from the darkness of the Middle Ages. He is a poor thing that has not benefited from the spirit of reform in the Christian world. It looks like an effort to revive the mentality of the Crusades.
GRAND AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD HUSSEIN FADLALLAH, SENIOR LEBANESE SHIA CLERIC We do not accept the apology through Vatican channels ... and ask him to offer a personal apology - not through his officials - to Muslims for this false reading
ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE STATEMENT The OIC hopes that this sudden campaign does not reflect a new trend for the Vatican policy toward the Islamic religion ... and it expects the Vatican to express its real vision of Islam.
YOUSEF AL-KHOEI, HEAD OF ISLAMIC CHARITY He should really know better than quoting a 14th Century Christian emperor who was a political man who made his statements for a political reason... I do not know why people choose to quote things out of context when you have clear instructions in Islam which says no forced conversion. Why do we need a Christian emperor to tell us what Islam is?
DR MUHAMMAD ABDUL BARI, MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN One would expect a religious leader such as the Pope to act and speak with responsibility and repudiate the Byzantine emperor's views in the interests of truth and harmonious relations. Regrettably, the Pope did not do so and this has understandably caused a lot of dismay and hurt.
Every day islam insults us, and never ever they feel to apologize. They blow up planes in our buildings and then they say we caused it ourselves by being decadent westerns. Some even rejoice (yes the Palestinian people to name some) if 3000 of our people die.
And now they want apologies?
Ping
The Muslims doth protest too much, methinks.
Everything is about the slights they perceive.
TRUTH hurts.
It's telling how insecure these Muslims are about their religion...like an insecure dog who turns aggressive when frightened. Deep in their hearts, they must know that their religion is backwards, oppressive, and ultimately will fail on the weight of its own fallacies.
Wake up, fools. You worship through a relgion that is still deeply rooted in 7th century traditions. 1400 years have passed. Time for you to develop a new act.
Where is the Muslim apology for 911, for instance?
I agree, knighthawk
As they say in Chicago, "I gat chur apology right here for ya, Pally."
BTTT
Michelle Malkin says Islam is the Religion of Perprectual Rage.
Point well made. Da noive!
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Nowere, actaulty in their newspapers they said they terrosists were no muslims, but either Mossad or Americans who wants to blame muslims.
I hope the Pope does not appologise for his views. I also hope other Catholics and other Christians and non Christians support him. I also hope this pisses off the muzzies to an extent that a line is drawn in the sand.
Pope Benedict XVI.
Putting the "Smackdown" on heresy since 1972!
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