It's amazing, now the pope needs "tight security" because of the barbaric muslims: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_re_eu/pope_muslims
If an islamic leader said that the Inquistion did nothing good at all, it would be an historical moral appraisal which would be right imo. Even if that islamic leader intended to derive a different meaning from the context...I still would agree with the accessment of that time. Frankly, the beginning of Islam was historically full of violence, so while I'm not quite sure I can even doubt the Byzantine emperor interpetation at that point in history.
suicide is against islam, stated clearly in quran. It would be nice if you people took the time to learn islam before criticising it. lol
Personally, I think a lot of the quran, like the bible is misterpeted or manipulated to justify certain things. I'm not against any person whom practices peace as a means of life (no matter the religion), but that's not always the case for either side.
You sound like a broken record. I think I've seen you make this same comment several times. People here are being critical of VIOLENCE. It doesn't matter who commits it, violence blows.
You are right! http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=1428432&postcount=8 He says the same thing here and other times. But in this post, he claims not to even know anything about it. Weird.
May I ask why the palestinians and some other muslim groups are reacting violently? Don't you think they just PROVED THE POPE RIGHT? ".....Palestinians attacked five churches in the West Bank and Gaza over the pope's remarks Tuesday in a speech to university professors in his native Germany. An Iraqi insurgent group threatened the Vatican with a suicide attack over the pope's remarks on Islam, according to a statement posted Saturday on the Web. "We swear to God to send you people who adore death as much as you adore life," said the message posted in the name of the Mujahedeen Army on a Web site frequently used by militant groups. The message's authenticity could not be independently verified. The statement was addressed to "you dog of Rome" and threatens to "shake your thrones and break your crosses in your home." ............. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060917/ap_on_re_eu/pope_muslims Did anybody read anything like this from a non muslim group or religion when somebody made any sort of remarks about their religion? May I ask the muslims here who know the Quran better than me. 1. Did Muhammad use violence? 2. Did Mumammad wage wars? 3. Did Muhammad use slaves? 4. Did Muhammad kill people? I hope somebody finds time to answer these four simple questions. sunlove I can answer the very same questions about Jesus. The answers are: NO to all questions. He didn't do any of those.
This pope is already old and won't be around for that long, not like the others were. But his 15 minutes of taking a stand against Islam will keep him remembered when he's gone. Too bad he gave in to the business decision of the Catholic church to water down his comments lateron. At least we've experienced his integrity for a day though. Like I've said before, I'm not a fan of the Catholic church, but since we all have a common enemie, Islam (by Islam's choice and not ours), it's good to see different denominations come together and say things as they are.
If someone said Muhammad married a 9 year old girl, should he publicly apologize for insulting him? Seems like some muslims want to impose on the rest of the world "their view of freedom". And it is a fact that the freedom of speech is a concept quite remote to them. May I ask also who gives "free" money to Palestine one bln a year? Are the Islamic Jihadists and Hammas so shortsighted that if the EU stops the tap of money flow very few muslim countries will come to fill the gap? Don't they feel that they are biting that hand that feeds them? Europe has spent so much money on Palestine and no one can see yet democracy there. In addtion how about showing to the world the Islam is teaching of Peace, Love and Forgiveness? Now was the moment. It makes me think the only way the rest of the world is free, is because the islamic countries are not stronger than we are. The question now is how to have muslims among us and in the meantime protect our freedom rights? Will they come after us when they grow in numbers? Will they impose the Islamic culture and version of freedom on us when they get big enough to do that?
But this is not ordinary suicide. This is dying in the cause of allah, which is rewarded with virgins. There is a difference. You know it, I know it, let us not pretend.