THE SUNDAY TIMES: Pope Benedict XVI’s return to his old university at Regensburg in Germany for a speech entitled Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections was not the most obvious trigger for a new front in the clash of civilisations. The Pope began with a mild joke at the expense of his own religion, recalling that critics used to ask why the university had two departments devoted to God when He did not even exist. Then he strayed into controversial territory.Mark Alexander
Arguments about whether religion is based on rationality are not quite on the level of how many angels it is possible to get on the head of a pin, but they are manna from heaven for students of theology. That was Pope Benedict’s audience and that was where he expected his remarks to stay. But these are unusual times, and his decision to quote the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaeologus’s views on Islam guaranteed that his speech rang out beyond the ivory tower. Leading article: Let the Pope preach
Sunday, September 17, 2006
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Muslims zealots should not be allowed to impose restrictions on free speech and all the rest is a sentiment that most of us share. Pity that it takes riots, violence, death and destruction for the majority to wake up to the fact that we are dire danger.
The danger stems from the fact that this "religion" is really an ideology that continues to use the violence that Christianity got past AND from the fact that pacific Muslims ALWAYS hold the hope that some day their presence will lead to the formation of an Islamic society in the host countries where they have settled, meaning Shar'ia law for all of us!
Even without the violence, this fact alone should scare any thinking person silly!!!
Eleanor:
The march forward of Shari'ah is getting faster and stronger. This must be repelled!
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