The Pope Calls For Brotherhood In Turkey
Posted on November 28, 2006
He began his first visit to a Muslim country Tuesday with a message of dialogue and “brotherhood” between faiths, and Turkey’s chief Islamic cleric said at a joint appearance that growing “Islamophobia” hurts all Muslims…
… The pope is expected to call for greater rights and protections for Christian minorities in the Muslim world, including the tiny Greek Orthodox community in Turkey.Benedict, seeking to ease anger over his perceived criticism of Islam, met with Ali Bardakoglu, chief of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directories.
“The so-called conviction that the sword is used to expand Islam in the world and growing Islamophobia hurts all Muslims,” Bardakoglu said at a joint appearance.
Maybe if Muslims stopped using swords and bombs and guns in the name of Islam, and if more Muslims stopped embracing violent jihad, and if more Muslims urged others to renounce jihadism without having to risk reprisals and their own lives, the self-inflicted wound would start to heal.
The righteous fury with which the Pope will likely be greeted in Turkey will shift attention from the shame Turkish authorities should feel over the mistreatment of Christians in their land that nominally allows for religious freedom. The mainstream media will focus on protests against the Pope, and pay scant attention to anything he may say, if he says anything at all, about the oppression of Christians in Turkey. And that, in the final analysis, may lead the Turkish government – for all its security precautions — to hope that the protestors will turn out in force.
The Pope preaches brotherhood in Turkey, and RoP leaders respond by preaching victimhood and anger.
Pray for the Pope’s safety. He is a walking target for Islamic extremists.
MM has a great roundup.
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Glenn Beck pointed out how a book calling for the shooting of the pope sold record numbers of copies BEFORE the pope even made his comments about terrorists & howe last year alone, record numbers of mein kampf (sp?) sold in Turkey. Sadly the pope is in great danger over there by a ruthless inhumanitarian group of thugs! http://sacredscoop.com
videos of the pope’s visit:
http://cliproller.com/search/pope%20turkey