25 November 2006
Turkish Muslim wants Pope to say Islam peaceful
(news.yahoo.com) Turkey's top Muslim official said on Thursday Pope Benedict should state clearly during a planned visit to Turkey...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top Muslim official said on Thursday
"I think the attitude the Pope should take is that neither Islam nor Christianity is a source of violence," said Ali Bardakoglu, who heads Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs which controls Turkish imams and writes their sermons.
"If they ask me if Christianity has been the cause of violence, I would say no, that is not so ... We believe all prophets sent by God, from Moses to Jesus and Mohammad, are messengers of compassion," he told Reuters in an interview.
Violence committed in the name of religion was the fault of fallible and misguided human beings, he said.
"I believe the Pope shares this view and his saying this will be in the interests of all humanity," he said.
Bardakoglu, who meets the Pope next Tuesday at the start of the four-day visit, said in September Benedict must apologize for his remarks and should reconsider his trip to Turkey.
But he told Reuters it was now time to look to the future and said the Pope would receive a hospitable reception in the overwhelmingly Muslim country.
He said he would be happy to explain to the Pope the "unbreakable" link between reason and faith in Islam, citing the historic achievements of Islamic science and learning.
PROTESTS
Turkey plans tight security measures for the Pope, whose trip takes in the capital Ankara, the commercial and culture hub of Istanbul and the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have lived and died near Izmir on the Aegean coast.
Bardakoglu said Turkey was a free country where people had the democratic right to protest.
"But any street protests will not reflect the mainstream hospitable attitude of Turkey," he added.
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a pious Muslim, said he expected the Pope to give positive statements that would improve ties between Christians and Muslims.
"I believe it will create a new climate," Gul told Reuters.
"He may make some good statements, saying we have only one God although we have different religions. We have sympathy for each other and we should not exploit the differences in a negative way."
The Pope is due to hold talks during his visit with the Istanbul-based spiritual head of the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew, who has complained of property and other restrictions his church faces in Turkey.
Bardakoglu defended Turkey's treatment of its tiny Christian community and of other religious minorities.
"If the Pope says Christians in Turkey are mistreated, I will tell him that he has been seriously misinformed," he said.
"For example, we give support to Christians settling in our holiday resorts when they want to build churches. We say this is their natural right and this is guaranteed by laws," he said, referring to a growing number of Europeans retiring in Turkey.
Bardakoglu also signaled he was ready to tackle the Pope over Turkey's bid to join the
European Union. Before becoming Pope, Benedict spoke out against Turkey joining the EU, saying it did not belong there because of its religion and culture."The European Union as a Christian club would pave the way for other similar groupings that would seriously hurt the cause of world peace. For that reason, I think it important that the EU be based on common values rather than religion," he said
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Moroccan Author Khanatha Banouna: We Need Millions of Men Like Osama Bin Laden, Hassan Nasrallah, and Al-Zarqawi
Following are excerpts from a TV debate with Moroccan author Khanatha Banouna and Palestinian author Ahmad Abu Matar. The debate aired on Al-Jazeera TV on September 12, 2006.
Khanatha Banouna: Allah be praised, this nation is fertile. The Arab Muslim woman is fertile, and gives birth to real men, and these real men are essential in this day and age.
Host: Real men like who?
Khanatha Banouna: Bin Laden, Hassan Nasrallah, Al-Zawahiri, that Jordanian guy who died in Iraq...
Host: Al-Zarqawi.
Khanatha Banouna: Al-Zarqawi, and anyone who bears arms against the American Zionist tyranny, and anyone who supports [them], in any possible way, even through prayer, like Hassan Nasrallah said.
[...]
We need millions of Osama Bin Ladens and millions of Hassan Nasrallahs, and millions like them, because the battle is one of life and death. The law of survival forces us to... We have no choice, because they push us to this. Allow me to say that the events of 9/11 - we were not the ones responsible for them. It was America that did it, and made us do it.
[...]
Ahmad Abu Matar: I am completely convinced that the events of 9/11 are barbaric and criminal acts of terrorism par excellence, of the highest degree of shame.
[...]
Khanatha Banouna: The acts carried out by Osama Bin Laden and his group, and by the mujahideen - and for which we are grateful - are the result of the American Zionist policy in the region, and a result of their attempt to destroy Islam and Arabism.
[...]
They carried out operations in America, and you denounced them, right?
Ahmad Abu Matar: Yes.
Khanatha Banouna: When they carried out operations in our own countries, you denounced them. When they carried them out in planes in the sky, you denounced them. So where are they supposed to carry them out?
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1275
Posted by: news | 28 November 2006
The next reason for suspecting the Pope to be either the Antichrist or his assistant is the description given in Revelation Chapter 17 of a woman, a woman called the "Great Whore". One of the attributes of a whore is that she will do whatever you ask her to do, in exchange for money, without worrying about the morality of any resulting act of lewdness. The Roman Catholic Church has been selling ecclesiastical positions to people in exchange for money for many centuries. These are ecclesiastical Catholic Church leadership positions, not merely secular positions. Often people of the vilest moral character became Bishops or obtained other high positions of leadership within the Catholic Church simply by handing the Pope large sums of money. The Whore would sell herself for money.
Posted by: Is Pope Benedict XVI The Antichrist? | 28 November 2006
Qur’an 8:69 “So enjoy what you took as booty; the spoils are lawful and good.”
Ishaq:327 “Allah made booty lawful and good. He used it to incite the Muslims to unity of purpose. So enjoy what you have captured.”
Qur’an 8:40 “If people are obstinate, and refuse to surrender, know that Allah is your Supporter. And know that one fifth of all the booty you take belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and for the near relatives (of the Messenger).”
Yes its true Muhammed was bloodthirsty for women and booty and allah conveniently did as he was told !
Posted by: Is Muhammed A False Prophet? | 28 November 2006
Your statements are offensive may allah curse you both. A false muslim and a crusader! Both of you I invite you to True Islam at:
http://inshallahshaheed.wordpress.com/
Qur’an:4:95 “Not equal are those believers who sit at home and
receive no injurious hurt, and those who strive hard, fighting
Jihad in Allah’s Cause with their wealth and lives. Allah has
granted a rank higher to those who strive hard, fighting Jihad
with their wealth AND BODIES to those who sit (at home). Unto each
has Allah promised good, but He prefers Jihadists who strive hard
and fight above those who sit home. He has distinguished his
fighters with a huge reward.”
JIHAD IS HOLY AND GOOD AND IS IN THE NOBLE QUR'AN
DO NOT LET FALSE MUSLIMS AND THE KAFIR FOOL YOU WITH TALK OF
A FALSE ISLAM. ISLAM WILL DOMINATE !
I invite all muslims to come to
http://inshallahshaheed.wordpress.com/
where true Islam is respected and followed.
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Posted by: Shamir | 28 November 2006
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