--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree. It was actually a very scholarly speech, > delivered to a scholarly audience. Everything he > said was well-quoted, and attributed to the people > who said it; none of it was his ideas alone. That > said, what the Islamic community is overreacting > to is that the sources he quoted really took a > Medieval view of both Islam and Christianity. At > that time, there was no real concept of "jihad," > or holy war. He was quoting from periods before > that perversion of the original ideas of the > prophet had taken over the religion. > > I'm *not* a fan of this Pope, but I read the whole > speech and I think he didn't do anything wrong > here. It's an overreaction by Muslims who have > been brainwashed to believe that their prophet > really taught them to wage holy war. In other words, > as far as I can tell they're blasting the Pope for > knowing more about the history of their religion > than they do. > >
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