Controversy rages about Pope's comments on Islam

[Al-khiyal]

Haven't read through all this, but did you see the thing about the Hurriyat calling a general strike in Kashmir, as a protest against the Pope?

It's like, "huh"?

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They got it:

SRINAGAR: Shops, businesses and most schools closed in Kashmir's main city on Monday in response to a strike call by separatists to protest over comments Pope Benedict made about Islam.

The shutdown in Srinagar came a day after the Pope tried to calm Muslim anger around the world by apologising over his remarks last week which many Muslims saw as portraying Islam as a religion tainted by violence.

Traffic, other than security patrols, was thin on most streets of Srinagar, summer capital of revolt-torn Jammu and Kashmir state, where life is frequently disrupted by strike calls by political separatists or hardline Islamic groups.

Today's strike was called by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and supported by other separatist groups.

"The provocative statement made by the Pope shows his ignorance about Islam and its divine system," said a statement from the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of moderate separatists supporting Geelani's strike call.

"He should desist from making such statements and should know that Muslims across the world will never tolerate sacrilege of the Prophet and Islam."

Hurriyat bands together about two dozen political separatist groups in Kashmir, where more than 45,000 people have been killed since a revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989.

During the weekend, scores of Muslims took to the streets in towns across Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority state in mainly Hindu India, in protest against the Pope's comments.

Kashmir city shuts in protest over Pope's remarks

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Algerian Foreign Affairs Ministry sends for the Vatican’s ambassador

it is in fact a STRANGE STATEMENT

Because partly he was Wrong...

How a pope can refer to a "dialogue" when this so called Emperor, was talking to himself I mean he ask the question and he gave the answer...Who was the Farsi scholar in front of him? what did he answer? nothing mention by the Pope.

As for the faith been spread by the sword

I think that’s true; our Algerian history shown only that, the death of Oukba bin Nafi and most of the Algerians governors at that time shows that was the way we got Islamised...

But that not as worse as the Catholics did in many of there wars, the worst was in south America, and the burning alive of anybody who don’t convert to Christianity.....

The pope should have talked more about the second parts

Anyway what pope clearly indicate that the religious rulers after the prophets period are MOSTLY monsters

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Lawyer seeks pope’s arrest upon arrival in Turkey
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

The head of an Ankara-based law association on Monday submitted a request to the Justice Ministry asking that the pope be arrested upon entering Turkey.

Fikret Karabekmez, chairperson of the Association of Protection of Rights and Legal Research (HUKUK-DER) called for Pope Benedict XVI to be tried under several statutes of Turkish law, among them laws punishing obstruction of freedom of belief, encouraging discrimination based on religion, and inciting religious hatred among the people.

“The Turkish Republic is a democratic and secular state which recognizes Islam as a religion, which respects the prophet of Islam and -- moreover -- which penalizes unfairness, assault and insults against religion via laws,” Karabekmez said in his request also posted to the press.

Also on Monday, Nurettin Yentürk, a former district head in the northwestern city of Bursa opened a case against the pope for insulting Islam and Prophet Mohammed, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Benedict should quit at once, Yentürk said. As the world of Islam, we do love and feel respect for Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary, but I'm complaining about the pope,” he was quoted as saying by Anatolia.

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[Al-khiyal]

"We will target all Crusaders in the Gaza Strip until the pope issues an official apology."

Terror group threatens Gaza Christians

[Ruks]

Turkey wants to arrest the Pope - LOL thats more than ironic! LOL

However, i think the big irony is the, that the guy who made this statement about Islam being etc, once the Turks conquered Constantinople, that very same guy became a slave in the Courts!! LOL

[voltaire]

Errr... "LOL" no he didn't.

The Ottomans made the Byzantines pay tribute (as they did with many people they conquered), but they actually treated the Byzantines very humanely. Manuel himself signed a treaty with them before retiring to a monastery.



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[Theja]

Situations like these reveals the Muslim minds more to the West, and the latter are getting more guarded and fearful of fanatics.