Posted on 10/21/2006 8:29:33 PM PDT by Pyro7480
O'Brien urges Muslims to say sorry for 9/11
EDDIE BARNES
THE leader of Scotland's Roman Catholics, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has called for Muslims to apologise for the 9/11 and 7/7 bomb attacks, declaring that the public should not have to live "in fear of attack" from believers of the Islamic faith....
O'Brien said: "There have been no apologies for the shooting of the nun [in Somalia after the Pope made his remarks], let alone for 9/11 or the London bombings. I would like to see some reciprocal moves from the Islamic side. We shouldn't have to live in fear of attack from Muslims."
The cardinal's comments were made in the same interview in which, as was revealed last week, he backed Scottish independence, praising the benefits autonomy could bring....
O'Brien expands on his views on the British constitution. He declares that he "would be only too happy to continue to undermine the British State" if it goes on espousing sectarianism in the form of the Act of Settlement - the law which bars Catholics from marrying the heir to the throne.
Last night, the cardinal's views on Islam had stirred up a new controversy, with Muslim leaders furious at the comment. They claimed that as the terrorist attacks were carried out by extremists, mainstream Muslims who had already condemned the actions had nothing to apologise for.
O'Brien's comments came after he was asked which trend in society posed the greater threat in Europe: secularisation of Islamicisation.
He replied: "Secularisation is the greatest threat. Muslims are firm in their faith and in their views. They believe in one God. That is a point of identification; though it can also produce tensions. Muslims coming here are free to build mosques, but Christians in Muslim countries are often oppressed."
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BINGO!!!
Expect the 'Arab Street' to respond with riots to the suggestion that Muslims need to apologize for anything. This Cardinal obviously doesn't realize the only ones on the face of this earth who are to apologize repeatedly for anything are white people. That's because all the rewritten history book clearly show every problem in the world was caused by them.
Barney is our friend!
You must love the Muslims for they are our friends!
Here...let's sing this song together, okay?!?
I love you,
You love me
We’re a great big family.
With a great big hug
And a kiss from me to you
Won’t you say you love me to?
We all must get along in this world and start lovin each other!
/sarcasm/
I hate you, you hate me,
We chased Barney up a tree.
With a knife in his back,
And a bullet in his head.
Aren't you glad that Barney's dead!
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Well, I guess they could at least say, "We're sorry that those who claim to follow Islam have carried out such a heinous crime against humanity."
What irritated the heck out of me after 9-11 was the Muslim community took forever and a day to come out and condemn the attacks. It was only after some media pressure that they did it as I recall.
Good for Cardinal O'Brien! God bless him.
...and so do some-called Christians who want every faith to come together in a kumbaya moment and sing also "We are the World".
We shouldn't still be waiting for an apology after over 5 years, nor should we have to be asking for it. Any apology that is given because it was asked for is NOT genuine. I appreciate the good cardinal's intentions, but I hope he's not holding his breath over this one.
Very nice. That first picture is so beautiful.
I feel a fatwa coming on!
Crickets...
He better get bullet proof vestments!
He could hire some Scottish soccer goons to protect him, I suppose.
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