Muslims around the globe are outraged that the Pope publically quoted a 14th-century Christian Byzantine emperor who said “Show me just what Mohammed 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.”
As I sit on my couch watching Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer is questioning a Newsweek reporter about how the Pope could have said what he did. Not only did he say Islam was violent, chide our television friends, the Pope also failed to mention how crusaders in the early middle ages waged war to reclaim “holy lands” in the name of Christianity. That mean old pope.
Good Morning America didn’t mention the militant muslim repsonse. Furious over the Pope’s unfair accusation that Islam is linked to violence, Muslims are trying to set the record straight. For example, one extremist Sunni group stated the Pope is “doomed” for mischaracterizing the Religion of Peace. After conquering the West, they plan to “break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword.”
If only the Pope could be more like Diane Sawyer, and celebrate (non-Christian) religious tolerance and diversity. Just because someone wants to kill you and everyone you know doesn’t necessarily make them “violent.” Man I hate that pissy old Pope.