[Apologetics] MUSLIM REACTION PROVES POPES POINT

[Marty Rothwell]

I think that the Pope's speech was absolutely brilliant.  By tying religion
to reason he gives the Muslims a barb and a bridge.  He's asking them: "Is
Islam based on reason?  If it is, then we can dialogue.  If not, then
violence will be the inevitable result when Christianity and Islam mix" (or
Islam and any other religion mix).  I think he's giving the moderate Muslims
some philosophical underpinnings by which they can counter the extremist's
views.  Lately I've seen some moderate Muslims defending the Pope's
statements.  This could be a way to break the ice and get some new dialogue
between Muslims and Catholics, and take away the Fundamentalist's momentum.

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Subject: [Apologetics] MUSLIM REACTION PROVES POPES POINT

In an article last week in the Wall Street Journal,
Pakistan Foreign Minister Aslam was quoted, "Anyone
who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant
encourages violence."

That's like saying, "Someone told me I have an anger
management problem, so I punched him in the nose."

Art

September 18, 2006

MUSLIM REACTION PROVES POPE'S POINT

Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed today
the Muslim reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's speech at
Regensburg University:

"One of the points that the pope made in his speech at
Regensburg University was the necessity of linking
faith to reason. He warned that uncoupling the twin
values had horrendous consequences, leading people of
faith to resort to violence. Ironically, the violent
reaction, and the calls for more violence, on the part
of some Muslims underscores the pope's point. The
response of violence to non-violence is barbaric.

"In Somalia, Muslims were urged by a cleric to 'hunt
down' the pope and kill him. 'Whoever offends our
Prophet Muhammad should be killed on the spot by the
nearest Muslim,' said Sheik Abubakar Hassan Malin. No
doubt that this 'man of God' must be happy now that a
nun was shot outside a children's hospital in the
nation's capital. The Mujahideen Shura Council
referred to the pope as 'the worshipper of the cross,'
and pledged to 'break the cross and spill the wine' in
the 'house of the dog from Rome.' The group, which
posted its call to violence on the Internet, also said
that God will enable Muslims 'to slit their throats,
and make their money and descendants the bounty of the
mujahideen.' Seven churches were firebombed in the
West Bank and Gaza by gun-wielding Palestinians, using
lighter fluid to burn the churches. And today, in the
Pakistani-controlled section of Kashmir, Muslims took
to the streets chanting 'Death to the Pope,' burning
him in effigy.

"No wonder the pope has spoken against Turkey (where
an official compared him to Hitler) joining the
European Union. Not until Islam matures and Muslims
come to reject the wanton destruction of innocent
human life is there any chance of a real dialogue. The
scene of Muslims calling for Jews and Christians to be
murdered with impunity is all too common, as this
latest demonstration of hate proves."


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