De Bortoli first published the angry essay that turned into Fallaci's
controversial best-seller, "The Rage and the Pride", which described Islam
as oppressive and Arab immigrants in Europe as dirty, foul-mouthed and
bigoted.
She called on Europeans to defend their culture and values instead of
adjusting to immigrants' needs.
"Claude" wrote in message
news:hfxOg.11463$wj2.9673@trndny06...
> Antimulticulture wrote:
>> Muslim anger builds over Pope's speech
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story/0,,1873167,00.html
>> September 15, 2006
>>
>> A statement from the Vatican has failed to dampen growing anger
>> among Muslims around the world at a speech by the Pope in which
>> he discussed the concept of holy war.
>>
>> The Vatican said last night that Benedict XVI had not intended
>> to offend when he quoted a 14th-century Christian emperor as
>> saying the Prophet Muhammad had introduced only "evil and
>> inhuman" ideas into the world.
>>
>> "It certainly was not the intention of the Pope to carry out a
>> deep examination of jihad and Muslim thought on it, much less to
>> offend the sensibility of Muslim believers," a Vatican spokesman
>> said after Pope Benedict returned to Rome from his native
>> Germany, where he made the speech.
>>
>> Pakistan's parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution
>> condemning Benedict for making "derogatory" comments about Islam
>> and seeking an apology from him for hurting the feelings of
>> Muslims.
>>
>> The Pope's speech was about the historical and philosophical
>> differences between Islam and Christianity, and the relationship
>> between violence and faith.
>>
>> Stressing that the words were not his own, he quoted from a book
>> according to which, the Pope said, the Byzantine emperor Manuel
>> Paleologos II said: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was
>> new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such
>> as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
>>
>> Clearly aware of the delicacy of the issue, the Pope used the
>> words "I quote" twice before repeating the emperor's reported
>> remarks on Islam, which he described as "brusque".
>>
>> Since the pontiff's speech on Tuesday, Muslim leaders around the
>> world have criticised his use of the emperor's words.
>>
>> The resolution in Pakistan, moved by the hardline MP Fazal
>> Karim, was supported by government and opposition members of the
>> National Assembly, or lower house of parliament.
>>
>> Chaudhry Ameer Hussain, speaker of the National Assembly,
>> allowed Mr Karim to move the resolution after he said the Pope
>> had insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by making
>> "derogatory remarks".
>>
>> This morning, Britain's Ramadhan Foundation, a youth
>> organisation based in Rochdale, reacted angrily to the comments,
>> comparing the Pope unfavourably with his predecessor John Paul
>> II.
>>
>> In a statement, it said: "If the Pope wanted to attack Islam and
>> Prophet Muhammad's teachings, he could have been brave enough to
>> say it personally without quoting a 14th-century Byzantine
>> Christian emperor."
>>
>> Turkey's most senior Islamic cleric also asked Pope Benedict to
>> apologise for the remarks, raising tensions before the pontiff's
>> planned visit to Turkey in November in what is planned to be his
>> first papal pilgrimage to a Muslim country.
>>
>> Ali Bardakoglu, a cleric who as head of Turkey's religious
>> affairs directorate sets the religious agenda for the country,
>> said he was deeply offended by the remarks, which he called
>> "extraordinarily worrying, saddening and unfortunate".
>>
>> [ed. And true...]
>>
>> Mr Bardakoglu said that if the Pope had been reflecting "the
>> spite, hatred and enmity" of others in the Christian world, then
>> the situation was even worse.
>>
>> In Egypt, Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the leader of Egypt's Muslim
>> Brotherhood, joined the calls for an official apology.
>>
>> "The remarks do not express correct understanding of Islam and
>> are merely wrong and distorted beliefs being repeated in the
>> west," Mr Akef said in a statement yesterday.
>>
>> He said he was "astonished that such remarks come from someone
>> who sits on top of the Catholic church, which has its influence
>> on the public opinion in the west".
>>
>> However, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey came to
>> the Pope's defence today, saying Muslims must learn to enter
>> into dialogue without "crying foul".
>>
>> [ed. They are masters at causing trouble then playing the victim,
>> and more astoundingly, they get believed...]
>>
>> Asked about the Pope's remarks, he said: "I cannot comment on a
>> few phrases in what was clearly a long speech. The Pope is a
>> distinguished scholar and one unlikely to say offensive things.
>> If he quoted something said 600 years ago, we should not assume
>> that this represents the Pope's beliefs about Islam today.
>>
>> "But Muslims, as well as Christians, must learn to enter into
>> dialogue without crying foul. We live in perilous times, and we
>> must not only separate religion from violence but also not give
>> religious legitimacy to violence in any shape or form."
>>
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> I've always said that Mohammad was a whoremaster and warmonger. How can
> you offend insane murderers?
>
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