Posted on 09/14/2012 4:14:10 PM PDT by LSUfan
An Islamic group headed by influential cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Friday demanded Pope Benedict XVI apologise to Muslims over inflammatory remarks he made in 2006.
The Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars also accused the pope of fuelling "sedition" between Muslims and Christians, in a statement coinciding with the start of the pontiff's three-day visit to Lebanon.
The union "demands the pope of the Vatican apologise to Muslims over what he said during his speech in Germany... just as he had apologised to Jews," said the statement issued late on Thursday.
In 2006, Benedict offended Muslims by appearing to link Islam with violence in a speech at his former university in Regensburg, southern Germany.
The union, chaired by Egypt-born Qaradawi, said it had "tried to open dialogue with the Vatican" without success and had demanded that he "apologise but he did not."
It accused Benedict of "fuelling sedition between partners in the same country," referring to Muslims and Christians in Lebanon, by "planning to sign an apostolic exhortation that contains dangerous messages and ideas."
The messages included a "warning from the Islamisation of the society and spreading fear among Christians from political Islam in the region," said the statement.
"It is strange that at the time the pope warns from political Islam, he himself practices large-scale political Christianity," it added, urging Benedict not to sign the "apostolic exhortation because it carries wrong false information and is intended to cause sedition between Muslims and Christians."
The pope is expected to sign the final report on a synod of bishops he convened two years ago to study the future of Christians in the Middle East, tackling concern over their exodus.
Lebanon has been riven by sectarian tensions as fighting rages next door in Syria.
I read what he said at the link.
As I said upthread, I’m not catholic, but I agree with what he said about the centrality of what Jesus did all those many years ago, for all of us.
Faith in Jesus is the rock, the fortress, the bulwark, a refuge in time of trouble....
And these are times of trouble indeed....
In the face of undistilled evil, we must stand shoulder to shoulder, united-
whether Eastern Orthodox, Western Catholic, or Western Protestant.
...over inflammatory remarks he made in 2006.
For the last 11 years the official line has been that we are not at war with Islam .
However when you ask the inverse question is Islam at war with western civilization all you get for an answer is stutters & stammers from govt types .
Draw your own conclusions folks as far as the govt. flunkies are concerned you being beheaded is no big deal. Govt. flunkies being beheaded however is a big deal.
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