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My sentiments are similar to yours.
There is an Australian born woman, a truly great woman,
Harvard professor, and well known peace activist, Dr.
Caldicott - she repeatedly appealed and begged the Pope to
go to Iraq as the ultimate human shield (just prior to the terrible
"Shock and Awe" attack on Iraq). She was sure such a visit by the Pope
would attract world attention and help prevent, or at least, delay the
US attack on Iraq and give more time to the WMD inspectors to
finish their work. Had the well intentioned Pope had made the visit, that may
have prevented the mass slaughter of a hundred thousand innocent Iraqis. He
did not oblige. He did not budge.
Talk is cheap, but you got to walk the talk. Calling for peace in the
middle east is like water on the back of the Israeli buffalo. Israel requires
much more than soft talk. A leader wielding so much influence and power could
have truly earned a place in the annuls of history had he earnestly wished and
worked to bring peace in the Middle East.
Save a small number of feeble voices, the Christendom has largely shown the
same silence during the slaughter of Iraqis, which they showed during the Jewish
holocaust.
The Pope profoundly apologized to the Jews for the holocaust, but he
failed to apologize to the Muslims for the Crusades and the Spanish
Inquisitions. See:
He did talk about 'building bridges' between Muslims and Christians,
and the Islamic scholars in turn welcomed him warmly in Muslim
lands and permitted him to visit sanctified precincts of
the Muslim holy places. The Muslim scholars visited him at the Vatican
several times, but apart from a lot of nice words, nothing in substance
took place.
There is an ominous sounding article in the Christian magazine the
"Trumpet" - "THE COMING WAR BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND ISLAM". http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=1146.
Another article, "Vatican Renews Commitment to a war on
Islam"- http://forum.mpacuk.org/showthread.php?t=238 It
is very scary, but a 'must' read.
Muslims must avoid too much adoration of the Pope. We should not go over
board with our eulogies, so that they become dishonest utterances. But we
should never speak ill of a dead man. Allah swt is the best judge of all.
(Here is the TorontoStar article: "Peace Activist Implores
Pope to be 'Ultimate Human Shield' - 'Only person' who can stop Iraq
war Helen Caldicott sets up campaign. by Leslie Scrivener. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0306-01.htm
Please read the heart moving letters Dr. Caldicott wrote to the Pope).
Muslims, Jews and Christians (other than the Zionist cults) have so
much in common. Together, we could work to overcome the evils of Free Masons and
the Zionists to establish peace on earth. But unfortunately, the gathering dark
clouds over the heads of Muslims may bring more Shocks and Awes than peace.
To learn about the stranglehold of Free Masons in the Vatican, please read
"The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abubakar Kasim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: should Muslims mourn the death of Pope?
Assalaam Alaikum. Life and death are two facts in life.
Both are in the hands of Allah.
We will all once die.
Prophets before us tasted this sour reality.
It is a scary fact that very few people really hope to talk or even think
about. There is no surprise to hear about the death of the Pope as we will all
pass
that scary and mysterous road. What amazes me the most is to see how the media some times portray someone
as the greatest human being to live. If you are liked by the media, you are made a saint.
And if you are not, then, you would be smeared against and made like a
villain who has ever walked on earth. I don't have anything against the Pope. My deepest sympathy to his family,
friends and those who share his faith. What I am really puzzled is to see the amount of coverage the media has
given this man after his death. Even some Muslims have followed the footstep of the media in praising the
Pope. When I checked things around, I did not see anything remarkable that the
Pope did. Indeed he spoke against Iraq war and visited a mosque.
But nothing else I could read about his legacy.
What do you think brother Meer?
Abubakar
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