September 17, 2006
Muslim calls for the Pope's death mount
In an effort to prove the Pope wrong in his quote about the violence of Islam we hear a rising chorus of death threats.
As security was beefed up around Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday night, the Mujahideen's Army movement in Iraq threatened to carry out a suicide attack against the Pope in revenge for his comments about Islam and jihad.Denunciation of these threats of violence may be out there but at this point the silence of the moderates is deafening. It's not just an isolated incident either.
Johannesburg (AND) Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin, a muslim cleric in the Somali Islamic Courts has urged muslims to kill Pope Benedict XVI after the later made controversial comments about the Islamic faith.I can only imagine the world response to an attempt by Islamic radicals to assassinate the Pope, but I suspect the world will be forced to substantive action in dealing with Islamic terror or see a revival of religious retaliation unparallel in human history. The west cannot afford to continue to turn the other cheek at each new murderous atrocity.
Posted by Sid at September 17, 2006 05:45 PM | Religion of Peace
