“the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.”
The proper reading? Does that mean I should ignore every where it says they should smite non-believers on the neck, and Believers should kill non-believers in the name of Allah?
That statement alone should scare the hell out of any Catholic who has bothered to search out the fundamentals of Islam by reading the life of Muhammad, the Hadiths, and the Koran in that order, and figure out what Allah wants done and the example of Muhammad on how to do it, and 1400 years of how the fundamentalists have done it.
IMHO, the fundamentals of Islam are: to subjugate, convert or kill anyone on this planet who does not believe there is only one God (Allah),and Muhammad is his prophet.
The Pope is in the religion business and should know what the competition thinks, especially the Muslims,who have a 1400 year history of killing Christians.
IMHO to come to the conclusion that Islam is opposed to every form of violence is outrageous, and downright naive and fatally dangerous for us non- Muslims, and also for the so-called Muslims who are heretics, and want to collaborate with us Kafirs instead of killing us. - Tom