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2009-05-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Pope in Jordan stresses ŽŽdeep respectŽŽ for Islam

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Posted by Fred 2009-05-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 This is one of the most egregiously spinmeistered things I've seen in a while, outside of the Obama administration.

"his "deep respect" for Islam"

Umm. no. Al Aribiya should look at that carefully.

"my deep respect for the Muslim community"

Its the COMMUNITY, not Islam that has his respect.

"better understanding of the virtues proclaimed by Islam"

Yep - but ONLY the virtues, not the many vices of Islam.

The Pope chooses his words VERY carefully and purposely in situations like that.

And note well the religious freedom - that means allowing people to LEAVE Islam, and allowing the free practice of something OTHER than Islam.

If this is the kind of crap the Arabs accept as "news reporting", then no wonder the region is filled with people that are about as sharp as a bag of wet mice.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-05-09 00:47|| 2009-05-09 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 That muffled squeaking sound you hear all 'round the world is bags of wet mice offended by the comparison.

Posted by SteveS 2009-05-09 02:09|| 2009-05-09 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Does the Pope live in Vieanna again?

Posted by newc">newc 2009-05-09 02:14|| 2009-05-09 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Ahh, OS, the wit and wisdom of Foghorn Leghorn. The Muslim psyche is much too fragile a thing to be told the truth.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2009-05-09 08:13|| 2009-05-09 08:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't expect the Western media to report more accurately. At least half the electorate is also much too fragile to be told the truth.

Posted by Excalibur 2009-05-09 09:14|| 2009-05-09 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 The very next thing they'll be telling us with a pic to prove it, is that..... a fighter pilot in a single-seat F-16 escort for Air Force One over NYC... also had a photo recce ~~publicity~~ mission.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-05-09 09:18|| 2009-05-09 09:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Dear Mr. XVI,

You are still an infidel pig.

Insh'allah,
Ahmed al-Anus

Posted by Zorba Craising6734 2009-05-09 14:01|| 2009-05-09 14:01|| Front Page Top

#8 It's never enough for the rads..why try?

Jordanian clerics expressed disappointment that Pope Benedict XVI in an address to Muslim leaders on Saturday failed to offer a new apology for remarks seen as targeting Islam.

"We wanted him to clearly apologise," Sheikh

Yusef Abu Hussein, mufti of the southern city of Karak, told AFP after the pope's address in Amman's huge Al-Hussein Mosque."What the pope said (in 2006) about the Prophet Mohammed is untrue. Islam did not spread through the power of sword. It's a religion of tolerance and faith," Hussein said.

Posted by hammerhead 2009-05-09 20:36|| 2009-05-09 20:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Islam did spread by the sword and the sword is the only thing which keeps people from leaving. Why else is it a Death sentence to leave Islam?

And what kind of pathetic excuse for a 'god' can't take a few cartoons?

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-05-09 22:15|| 2009-05-09 22:15|| Front Page Top

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