<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam. Protests broke out in South Asia and Indonesia, with angry Muslims saying Benedict's statement of regret a day earlier did not go far enough. In southern Iraq, demonstrators carrying black flags burned an effigy of the pope.Islamic leaders around the world issued more condemnations of the pope's comments, but some moderates in the Middle East appeared to be trying to put a damper on the outrage, fearing it could spiral into attacks on Christians in the region.On Sunday, Benedict said he was "deeply sorry" over any hurt caused by his comments made in a speech last week, in which he quoted a medieval text characterizing some of the Prophet Muhammad's teachings as "evil and inhuman" and calling Islam a religion spread by the sword.Benedict said the remarks came from a text that didn't reflect his own opinion, but he did not retract what he said or say he was sorry he uttered what proved to be explosive words.The Vatican on Monday sought to defuse the anger, ordering papal representatives around the world to meet with leaders of Muslim countries to explain the pope's point of view and full context of his speech.Roman Catholic leaders stepped forward to defend the pontiff. At an Italian bishops' conference, Cardinal Camillo Ruini underlined the bishops' "total closeness and solidarity to the pope" and said they deplored interpretations of the pope's comments "which attribute to the Holy Father ... errors that he has not committed and aim at attacking his person and his ministry."Few in the Islamic world were satisfied by Benedict's statement of regret."The pope's words have caused a deep wound in the hearts of Muslims that won't heal for a long time, and then only after a clear apology to Muslims," Egypt's religious affairs minister, Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, wrote in a column in the government daily Al-Ahram on Monday.An influential Egyptian cleric, Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, called for protests after weekly prayers on Friday, but maintained they should be peaceful.Extremists said the pope's comments proved that the West was in a war against Islam.Al-Qaida in Iraq and its allies said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross," saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose the 'jizya' tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (being killed by) the sword."Islam forbids drinking alcohol and requires non-Muslims to pay the "jizya" tax, though those who convert are exempt. The tax, sometimes called a head tax, has not been imposed in Muslim nations in about 100 years, though Islamic militant groups have tried to force non-Muslims to pay it on a local level in some countries."You infidels and despots, we will continue our jihad (holy war) and never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering banner of monotheism, when God's rule is established governing all people and nations," said the statement by the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups in Iraq.Al-Qaida in Iraq said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose the 'jizya' tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (being killed by) the sword."Islam forbids drinking alcohol</div>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060919/ap_on_...ea/muslims_pope
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Sep 19 2006, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I want Iran's leadership buried in the sand... :ranting:</div>Because they're a supposed military threat ? Or is it because they are an islamic government? Explain please.Btw, I love how this article left out the fact that it isn't only Non muslims who have to pay tax. Muslims are required to pay "Zakat" or money to the poor. edit: Also, I don't believe Al-Qaida in Iraq exists simply because what they'e been saying completely contradicts islam. You cannot foce non-muslims to be muslims. In the Quran it says "There is no compulsion in religion". You cannot spread faith through the sword. That isn't proper faith.
the thing is..isn't this just proving the Pope's point?I meanI respect religion and I am against being against somebody because of their religionbut when somebody says they're violent..it doesn't mean you go and burn down churches..just ignore it
The media reports the few hundred muslims burning things...when in fact most muslims probably didn't care about the Pope's comments. But the loony muslims made it looks like their was a bigger outrage then there was...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Sep 19 2006, 11:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The media reports the few hundred muslims burning things...when in fact most muslims probably didn't care about the Pope's comments. But the loony muslims made it looks like their was a bigger outrage then there was...</div>Nice to see you ignoring my earlier question Btw I can guarentee you every Muslim were offended by the pope's citation. Some Muslims took it to an extreme but to say only a few hundred muslims cared is false.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melo061 @ Sep 19 2006, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nice to see you ignoring my earlier question Btw I can guarentee you every Muslim were offended by the pope's citation. Some Muslims took it to an extreme but to say only a few hundred muslims cared is false.</div>obviously a lot of them cared but only a few hundred took actionand to put together your words using context clues"some muslims" and "extreme"put it together and it makes"extremists" who are the ones burning down churches :yahoo: but the muslims I know didnt do sh*t or even cmplain about it
Who and the hell cares what the pope says, most Christians don't care about the pope or what he says, and so many muslims get in a tizzy over it, if muslims had not gotten so angry about this nobody would have known what the pope said to begin with.
