Friday, September 15, 2006

Pope Blasts Islam, Pakistanis in Uproar

It looks like the Pope has gave a little condemnation of Islam via Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II:

"The emperor ... said, I quote, '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,'" he quoted the emperor as
saying.


Then the Pakistanis condemned this quote and it shows something interesting:

"Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages
violence," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.


I wonder if Tasnim means that Popes words encourages violence toward Islam or from Muslims? Judging from the uproar over the Danish Cartoons he might meant from Muslims. In other words if you describe Muslims as intolerant then they will beat you up, threaten to kill you, or actually kill you in the case of Theo van Gogh.

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