[wagglebee]

The statement also said jihad was not terrorism and that "Islam was not propagated with the sword, but it became popular and was accepted by the oppressed peoples of the world because of its universal values and teachings."

Then why did the Mohammadans threaten to kill the Pope?

Pakistan is the world's second most populous Muslim country, and its people have held small, peaceful rallies since the publication of pope's remarks about Islam.

Note to AP on their bias:
Threatening to kill the Pope IS NOT PEACEFUL!

[tsmith130]

demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam.

Oh yeah, well guess what....you don't get to decide.

[samadams2000]

You touch my Pope and your flearidden people will learn about me from cave drawings.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

but it became popular and was accepted by the oppressed peoples of the world because of its universal values and teachings."

Millions of murdered say otherwise.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"If the West does not change its stance regarding Islam, it will face severe consequences," it said."

Oh, we're changing our stance on islam, and yes, it will face severe consequences. This little game of brinksmanship is about to go into overdrive......

[RegulatorCountry]

"Benedict 'should be removed from his position immediately'"

That Spain election thing sure went to their heads, didn't it?

[weegee]

Do not bow to the Islamic supremacists.

We do not hold to Islamic laws of blasphemy. Slavery, honor killings, and holy war are all legal under Islam.

If you bow to some of their laws, you open the door to accepting the whole hog.

Oh no, I have blasphemed Islam by mentioning it in the same sentence with a pig.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The ideology of death, destruction and coercion speaks again.
There is no answer to this except complete and total expulsion.

[arkady_renko]

The "pope, and all infidels, should know that no Muslim, under any circumstances, can tolerate an insult to the Prophet (Muhammad).

This prophet of theirs is a thin skinned p@ssy, isn't he? What a death cult...

[word_warrior_bob]

It will take the killing of the pope or a nuclear bomb striking the U.S. for us to do what needs to be done to these people.

I was vocal in 1993 about the first World Trade Center attack, they TRIED to topple the buildings and kill about 50,000 people, Bill Clinton yawned.

It would be like if I came to your family reunion, opened fire with a machine gun and miraculously missed, would you say: Hey Bob you missed killing my family, no harm, no foul, let's talk about it. I don't think so.

[jackibutterfly]

"Benedict "should be removed from his position immediately....."

Uh, yeah, like THAT'S gonna happen.

[TheCrusader]

"Pakistani Muslim Clerics: The Pope Must Go"

Barbarian morons; the pope cannot be "removed" by anyone, except himself, should he decide to retire. If these rag headed, masked-faced maniacs harm the Holy Father they will find out what it means to be confronted by one billion really angry people, and hopefully the other one billion non-Catholic Christians as well.

[FlashBack]

The Free-World to The Rest-Of-The-World:
"Radical Muslim Clerics Must Go"

[Uncle Miltie]

The "pope, and all infidels, should know that no Muslim, under any circumstances, can tolerate an insult to the Prophet (Muhammad)."

Mohammed's wife Aisha was 9 years old when he consummated the relationship, which proves Mohammed was a pedophile.

But I suppose accusing Mohammed of pedophilia is not an insult. It's just a re-statement of the Koran. If they don't like that statement, they should burn the Koran, not a Catholic church.

[cookcounty]

"About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan "

There's the first 1,000 resignations needed, right there in Beheadistan.

[ichabod1]

The muslim infidels should get on their knees before a Catholic Priest, confess their sins, and spend their time in catechesis so that they may understand Christianity and Catholicism. Then perhaps they would understand that God not man chose the Pontiff, and that he may not be removed.

[Ronin]

"Jihad is waged to rid an area, state, or the world of oppression, violence, cruelty, and terrorism, and bring peace and relief to the people. History is full of incidents where Muslims waged jihad to provide relief to people of many faiths, especially Jews and Christians," it said

This would be funny if it wasn't so ironic and if the joke had not gotten so old.

Oppression, violence, cruelty and terrorism? That sums up the Muslim world better than any description I have heard to date.

[Kolokotronis]

This is nothing new. The Turks used to regularly remove Ecumenical Patriarchs for such imagined slights to their dignity. Of course, their religious "superiority" gave them the "right" to do this. Usually they would drag the Patriarch off to prison, gouge out his eyes, then saw his head off...pretty standard stuff.

[Defiant]

"The pope has neither accepted his mistake, nor apologized for his words," it said.

At least these Muslims are smarter than AP writers.

[Natural Law]

They would have to convert to Catholicism before they would have any say or sway in the matter. Once they had they would no longer want his removal.

By the way, do we get to vote on the firing of Islamic clerics?

[calex59]

"Jihad is waged to rid an area, state, or the world of oppression, violence, cruelty, and terrorism, and bring peace and relief to the people. History is full of incidents where Muslims waged jihad to provide relief to people of many faiths, especially Jews and Christians,"< it said.

I guess beheading Christians and Jews does bring them peace in a way, but it isn't the method most Christians and Jews would select I don't think!