Muslim leaders want full explanation from Pope

Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 18 September 2006

[Aussie Dasher]

A spokesman for the Australian Muslim community says Pope Benedict XVI should give a full explanation for his comments about Islam.

The pontiff has sparked widespread outrage after last week quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor who said innovations introduced by the Prophet Mohammed were "evil and inhuman".

He has since apologised.

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

"We expect the Pope to follow the footsteps of his predecessor, who had been a great builder among communities for so many years, and not a pope of the crusades like Pope Urban II," he said.

"So I would ask him to follow the footsteps of Pope John Paul II."

Pope Benedict XVI says he does not share the views of an emperor he quoted in the speech.

He says he is "deeply sorry" for the anger he caused.

He voiced his regret during the traditional Angelus blessing from the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, his first public appearance since the speech.

"I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address... which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims," he said.

[Aussie Dasher]

Perhaps when the moozies explain why Islam condones, beheading, suicide bombing, mass murder and acts of general terrorism, they might then be in a position to demand explanations from others!!!

[NordP]

Well said!

[Senator Goldwater]

The Pope doesn't need to explain himself to a rogue "clergy" that condones violence.

Hang in there, Benedict.

[Campion]

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

Did Dr Ameer Ali kinda miss out on the events of the last ten years or something? I mean Muslims have been doing a fine job "linking Islam to violence" all over the world. Are they all incapable of any introspection or self-criticism or even basic understanding?

[Mo1]

A spokesman for the Australian Muslim community says Pope Benedict XVI should give a full explanation for his comments about Islam.

Do they have a problem reading??

[quantim]

Muslim community says Pope Benedict XVI should give a full explanation for his comments about Islam.

Explain this:

[basil]

Muslim leaders want full explanation from Pope

Yeah--and people in hell want ice water, as they will find out some day,

[Ready4Freddy]

In a word... yes.

[AFPhys]

It would be better if these learned clerics would simply go to study the Pope's address - keeping in mind that it just might NOT have anything to do with Islam to begin with (as the Pope's spokesman said):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702933/posts

[teenyelliott]

there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

Oh, that's rich.

I believe muslims linked islam to violence, and do so repeatedly every day.

When will the world have had enough?

When will the powers that be stop pandering to those who intimidate through violence?

[ChristianDefender]

He says he is "deeply sorry" for the anger he caused.

This made me very sad... should they always say sorry? Muslims never do that... it will take time before "infidels" around the world get hard on the muzzies...

[Rummyfan]

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

Did I wake up in some bizarro universe? Linking islam to violence? the horror! Maybe 'Dr' Ali should explain why muslims are fighting people of just about every other major religion around the world? Oh that's right - they're all upset about the Palestinian situation. Hah!

[sonic109]

The Muzzies know very well what they are doing . The leaders kno wthey can stir up the unwashed , uneducated masses . They know damn well they are a cult of death and the Pope was ,in fact, correct . It's the maniac masses that are brainwashed .

[dfwgator]

And people in Hell want ice water.

[Tax Government]

Perhaps when the moozies explain why Islam condones beheading, suicide bombing, mass murder and acts of general terrorism, they might then be in a position to demand explanations from others!!!

Exactly.

[ChristianDefender]

LOL... March of the Muslim Penguins

[abner]

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

Hmm... just how could that have happened? Maybe it is because Muslims have been linked to violence???? Where is Captain Obvious when we really need him?

[dcrider182]

no apology.. Go 2 HE!!.. no really.. I'm tired of hearing you complain.. it's kinda like .. "hey can i borrow $10.00.. oh.. you only have 5?? you can just owe me the rest later attitude. this "group" has..

shut up.. I'm tired of hearing about how "your feelings" are getting hurt.. cutting somebody's head off.. flying planes into a building.. blowing up an embassy does ALOT more then just hurt someone's feelings..

[goldstategop]

A religion that demands much of others but little of itself. And the Pope's apology for the reactions witnessed in the Islam World convey to Muslims the Pope expects little of them either. "Full explanation?" They are the last people on earth to deserve a statement on Catholic theology.

"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." -Manuel II Paleologus

[sonic109]

When will the powers that be stop pandering to those who intimidate through violence?
Probably never. It gets worse by the day . we didnt bomb 200 Islamic Terror leaders because they "appeared" to be at a funeral. That, my friend , is over the top insanity.

[Right Wing Assault]

Advice to the pope: I would tell them to stop torturing, imprisoning, and killing Christians. Then tell them to allow the same freedom of religion in all their countries just as Christians do. Then tell them to allow Christians to preach to Muslims and allow Muslims to have the freedom to convert. Then tell them to give back the land and churches taken from Christians. Ask them why they are so afraid of other religions. Ask them if they fear their 'religion' is so weak that it requires coercion to make people join and the same to keep them from leaving. Ask them to explain why they are teaching hate terror in their mosques. Ask them to explain who Jesus was and whether they think he is a true prophet. If they say he isn't, tell them they have insulted you and your religion and demand an apology. If they say he is, ask how God could have sent two prophets with such different messages.

That should keep them busy for a little while.

[smartymarty]

"Full explanation?" They are the last people on earth to deserve a statement on Catholic theology.

"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." -Manuel II Paleologus



One could ask the muslims for a 'full explanation' of this 'command'.......but like has been said we see that explanation every day

[beethovenfan]

My goodness! Linking Islam to violence! Whoever would have
thought that???

[beethovenfan]

My goodness! Linking Islam to violence! Whoever would have
thought that???

[antceecee]

Sorry, I see that and it makes me sad for those women.

[pillut48]

"So I would ask him to follow the footsteps of Pope John Paul II."

Pope John Paul II is dead. Sounds like a threat to me!

[Atchafalaya]

I think he has done that unfortunately

[tcrlaf]

The "Religion Of Peace" will KILL YOU, and "The Party Of Tolerance" will let them....

[The_Macallan]

WWJD?

Did Jesus apologize for offending the Pharisees by calling them "hypocrites", "blind fools", "serpents", and a "brood of vipers" who are filled inside with "every kind of filth" and "evildoing"?

When he was hauled before the Jewish leaders whom he raged against, did he say he was sorry for offending them?

When he was turned over to the mobs screaming for his crucifixion, did he make a public "clarification" of what he had said about their religious leaders to quell their anger and try to initiate a "sincere dialogue" with them?


Then neither should the Pope about the Muslims.


But.... although I KNEW the Pope would back down and surrender to the terrorists - it still wrenches my gut to see it happen.

[ChristianDefender]

Muslim leaders want full explanation from Pope

They just need a literacy program... or perhaps edit the Pope's full explanation, turn it against Islam violently, portray Christianity as a bully religion and finally will end up as Bush's fault! Same pattern the Liberals are using.

[RobbyS]

Are they all incapable of any introspection or self-criticism or even basic understanding?

Yes.

[John Lenin]

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.



A teenage boy shot and killed the Italian Roman Catholic priest of a church in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon on Sunday, shouting "God is great" as he escaped, according to police and witnesses.

Officers were searching for the boy aged around 14 or 15, according to a police official who declined to be identified because of rules that bar Turkish civil servants from speaking to journalists without prior authorization.

The police official would not say if the attack might be linked to the printing in European newspapers of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, which has caused anger in Muslim countries. Earlier Sunday, hundreds of Turks protested in Istanbul against the cartoons.

"Whether the killing is linked to the caricatures will emerge when the culprit has been caught," Trabzon's Gov. Huseyin Yavuzdemir said. The priest, 60-year-old Andrea Santoro, was shot hours after Mass at Santa Maria Church.

A woman who answered the telephone at the church said the priest was inside when he was attacked, and prosecutor Burhan Cobanoglu said he was shot twice from behind, with bullets ripping through his heart and liver.

Pope Benedict XVI's envoy in Turkey, Monsignor Antonio Lucibello, said he had spoken by telephone with a witness who said she saw the attacker fleeing and "heard the young man shout 'Allah Akbar' (God is Great).'"

[teacherwoes]

On March 5, 1571 Pope St. Pius V, in the Apostolic Constitution 'Salvatoris Domini' referred to the Moslems as "enemies of the Catholic faith."

Wonder how Islam would react to that if it was brought up again.

[Mike Darancette]

The head of the Federal Government's Islamic advisory committee, Dr Ameer Ali, says there is disappointment that Pope Benedict has linked Islam to violence.

That's funny!

[TheCrusader]

"We expect the Pope to follow the footsteps of his predecessor, who had been a great builder among communities for so many years, and not a pope of the crusades like Pope Urban II," he said."

Muslims are telling the Pope what to say? Everytime these these barbarians speak or act, they prove the Pope's quote true; islam is a evil and inhuman.

[TomGuy]

A spokesman for the Australian Muslim community says

Kindly take your sillyassed request to John Howard.......


[John Howard seems to be the only state leader who has the cajones to say what needs to be said.]

[ChristianDefender]

I know... i felt the same thing before... but when they started shouting "death to America, Jews and Christians", it changed my feelings.

If they look oppressed and pathetic about wearing that humid stuff... that's their fault. Self-inflicted "global warming".

[NordP]

And now, a Nun who teaches little Muslim children and her bodyguard have been gunned down...

"The very violence the Pope was quoting!"

[petertare]

What they do not want, with the demanded explanation, is any sort of truth. Speaking the truth about a matter before the high mullahs guarantees a slow and very close head shave.

[TheCrusader]

"We expect the Pope to follow the footsteps of his predecessor, (Pope JPII), who had been a great builder among communities for so many years..."

And who was shot and nearly killed in 1980 by..... a ....muslim, (Ali Agca)

[DaveTesla]

[PetroniusMaximus]

"I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address... which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims,"


Like it or not, it sounds distinctly like he folded.

That is something that should not have happened.

[infowarrior]

Are they all incapable of any introspection or self-criticism or even basic understanding?

Short answer: Apparently so...

the infowarrior

[antceecee]

It seems the women in their world are prisoners. They are only one step above the 'infidels'.

[Tax Government]

Any religion that advocates forced conversion is populated by farm animals.

[The_Macallan]

[John Lenin]

[TheCrusader]

"Pope John Paul II is dead. Sounds like a threat to me!"

The bullets, fired by muslim Mehmet Ali Agcar, that Pope JPII took in 1981 and required 9 operations to keep him alive, put him into perpetual illness and pain, and surely helped to speed up his demise over the years. And these islamic nutjobs have the gaul to even bring his name into the issue?

[goodnesswins]

Huh? This from the group who uses cartoons and movies as an excuse to murder.....

[Petrosius]

See Benedict did not grovel during his Angelus address.