“Do Muslims have self-esteem Issues?,” from the Cairo-based Sandmonkey blogspot (thanks to Norwegian Kafir): Did you hear that the Pope converted to Islam before he died? No, you didn’t? But that’s all over Egypt. It’s the latest rumor of the week. People who support it point to the fact that the Pope had dirt put […]
Pope Meets With Christians, Muslims
From AP, with thanks to Uncle Jeff: A day after reaching out to other Christians and to Jews in his installation Mass, Pope Benedict XVI met with members of the Muslim community on Monday and assured them that the church wanted to continue “building bridges of friendship.” Benedict made the comments in a meeting with […]
Fitting Islam into Catholic worldview
Yesterday I posted a piece about Catholic leaders contemplating a more realistic stance toward Islam. Here is another in which the dhimmitude option comes in for some gentle questioning. From the International Herald Tribune, with thanks to the Norwegian Kafir: ROME – One is from Nigeria, a man who grew up among Muslims and says […]
Vatican rethinking dhimmitude
“Vatican Is Rethinking Relations With Islam,” from the Washington Post, with thanks to JJP Mackie: ROME — After two decades of contact and dialogue with the Islamic world under Pope John Paul II, the Vatican is rethinking an outreach program that critics say is diluting Catholicism and has brought almost no benefits to beleaguered Catholic […]
“Let us pray for the Pope, though not a Muslim, he was a dhimmi”
This is what kissing the Qur’an will get you. Note that this Muslim doesn’t in the least think of dhimmitude as a relic of history. From an Islamicity blogger, with thanks to Mary Beth: …I am a recent convert to Islam from Roman Catholicism; the reasons for my conversion (or reversion, rather) were never due […]
He must have missed his flight
“News Agency Denies Saying Bin Laden on Way to Rome,” from Reuters, with thanks to Romy: ROME – Italy’s leading news agency has denied reporting that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would attend Pope John Paul’s funeral Friday after a story attributed to it circulated widely on the Internet. “Some people just won’t stop […]
UK: Muslims’ fury as Pope ‘compared to Prophet’
All right, so Jalal Chaudry spoke imprecisely from a Muslim perspective. But his comments are an “insult to all Muslims”? Here’s one from the Touchy Touchy Department, via the Scotsman, with thanks to Twostellas: A MUSLIM leader was at the centre of a furious row today after being accused of comparing Pope John Paul II […]
Fadlallah urges Vatican to join forces with Muslims
An attempt to silence or at least mute Christian anti-jihadist activities. Will the dhimmis in the Vatican urge the Pope to accept? From Lebanon’s Daily Star, with thanks to Anthony: BEIRUT: Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah called on the Vatican Wednesday to join forces with Muslims in facing the “war on terrorism,” saying […]
Cardinal: Terrorism is the fourth world war
An astounding assessment from the Cardinal who protested the U.S. treatment of Saddam Hussein. From Reuters, with thanks to Grigory Rasputin: “We have entered the Fourth World War,” said Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican’s Council for Justice and Peace, saying he believed that the Cold War was World War 3. “I believe that […]
Sadr welcomes Vatican offer to solve Najaf crisis in Iraq
Any man who kisses the Qur’an is a friend of Al-Sadr. From AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr invited Pope John Paul II to solve the conflict between his militia and US-led Iraqi government forces in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, a spokesman said Tuesday. “We welcome the […]