When? Where? When has it ever borne fruit? Where and when, in the 1,400-year history of jihad, have Christian lands near Muslim lands ever been left alone by the Muslims? When, in that 1,400-year history, have Christians living in Muslim lands ever been granted equality of rights and been treated as full citizens? The Pope […]
Morocco: Man rushes King’s car as Pope looks on
Details are scant at this point and will probably remain so, but this was likely to have been a small reminder to the Pope that the Islam he so ardently defends is not exactly the religion of peace he pretends it to be. But will he get the message? Unlikely. “Pope Francis security scare in […]
Morocco: Pope Francis to visit imam training institute to boost moderate Islam
When is the Pope going to boost Christianity? I guess he feels no need to do so, as he is already a moderate Christian. And if this school to train moderate imams is so successful, why do so many Islamic State jihadis come from Morocco? The Associated Press reported on February 10 that despite the […]
“Rome, city of bridges, never walls!,” says Pope, “Jesus demands” we take in Muslim migrants
The Pope lives in a walled city within Rome. Will he tear down those walls? How many Muslim migrants has the Vatican taken in? Or is it the poor and disenfranchised of Rome and Italy in general who must pay the price for this man’s virtue signaling? Pope Francis has repeatedly branded those who oppose […]
Pope Francis urges Christians to overcome “fear” of migrants: “foreigners are also the Lord’s privileged ones”
Pope Francis has repeatedly branded those who oppose mass Muslim migration into Europe as un-Christian. He seems to be completely unconcerned about facts such as the following: all of the jihadis who murdered 130 people in Paris in November 2015 had just entered Europe as refugees. In February 2015, the Islamic State boasted it would […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: What Does the Pope Know About His “Friend and Dear Brother” El-Tayyeb? (Part Two)
Further, does the Pope agree with El-Tayyeb that Islam has shared 1,400 years of “peaceful coexistence with the Christians”? In no land that Muslims conquered has there been “peaceful coexistence” with Christians (or with any other subjugated non-Muslims), including Islamic Spain, which is so often held up as an inspiring example of “convivencia,” even though […]
Pope Francis to visit imam training institute in Morocco to boost moderate Islam
When is the Pope going to boost Christianity? And if this school to train moderate imams is so successful, why do so many Islamic State jihadis come from Morocco? Pope Francis last year met in the Vatican with Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), a group […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: What Does the Pope Know About His “Friend and Dear Brother” El-Tayyeb? (Part One)
Just before he left for to the U.A.E. earlier this month, Pope Francis sent a video message to the Emirati people: “I thank the friend and dear brother the Grand Imam Sheikh el-Tayyeb and those who have organised this meeting for the will and courage to affirm that faith in God unites and does not […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Pope Francis of Arabia
Pope Francis has said many false things about Islam. He has said that “there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism” and that ‘“authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence.” He has, in turn, been praised by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb, who thanked […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: The Grand Sheikh Francis of al-Vatican
The Pope of Islam goes to the UAE and gets played for a fool by Muslim sharpies. My latest in FrontPage: Pope Francis and the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, have published “A Document On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” during the Pope’s trip to the United Arab Emirates. It’s as […]