Posted on 09/17/2006 3:45:13 AM PDT by TaxachusettsMan
VATICAN CITY Islamic groups demanded that Pope Benedict XVI apologize Sunday in his first public appearance since his remarks about Islam and holy war sparked anger among Muslims around the world.
Italian media reported higher security at the Vatican and at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, in the Alban Hills outside Rome, where the pope was to appear before the faithful. But security measures were not visibly higher at either location, which have been under heavy guard since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
The pontiff gives his blessing and makes brief remarks to pilgrims every Sunday at 6 a.m. EDT. He has been staying at Castel Gandolfo since his return on Thursday from the German pilgrimage where he made the remarks.
A Vatican statement on Saturday afternoon said that the pope "sincerely regrets" that Muslims were offended, but stopped short of the apology demanded by many Muslim leaders in the Middle East and Asia.
The Jordanian chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood fundamentalist movement said Sunday that was not enough, and called on the pope to personally apologize.
"The Muslim Brotherhood severely condemns the pope's statement and asks the pope to apologize openly," the organization said in a statement.
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"That was me he was talking to."
[Had massive power, this episode will silence him for his whole papacy.]
LOL. I don't think so, but perhaps you're hoping?
Not at all, I find all religions dangerous.
[Not at all, I find all religions dangerous.]
I see. Well, you are in interesting company, then./sarc
"Religion is the opiate of the masses" (no pun intended, lol) from the "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Mao Tse-Tung
Peter Singer (since you were a "professor")
Rosie O'Donnell (just for giggles)
Bill Maher (for the dysfunctional, alcoholic, comedian factor)
[Much of the blood shed in the 20th century was the result of atheist ideologues. It's ironic that religion gets the blame for violence, but critics of religion are silent when a secular or atheistic faith--such as that of Stalin or Mao Tse-tung--wreaks utter destruction on millions upon millions of lives.]
[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past, wrote George Orwell in 1984.]
Religion primes the pump from which dictatorship flows.
"Even Atheists Have a Religion".. It's the religion of no religion." ... Alia
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