Asm,
Pope John Paul dulu tak pernah pun biadap macam ni..
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The Star
September 15, 2006
Muslim leaders condemn Pope's speech, want apology
CAIRO (Reuters) - Muslim leaders on Thursday condemned
Pope Benedict over comments he made about Islam on a
visit to Germany and demanded he apologise.
The head of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood
called on Islamic countries to threaten to break off
relations with the Vatican unless the pontiff withdrew
his remarks.
A top religious figure in Turkey suggested the pope
should reconsider a trip he is planning to Turkey
later this year.
The Vatican issued a statement to say the Pope had
never meant to offend Islam.
In his speech at the University of Regensburg on
Tuesday, Benedict quoted criticism of Islam and the
Prophet Mohammad by 14th century Byzantine Emperor
Manuel II Palaeologus, who wrote that everything
Mohammad brought was evil and inhuman, "such as his
command to spread by the sword the faith he preached".
Benedict, who used the terms "jihad" and "holy war",
repeatedly quoted Manuel's argument that spreading the
faith through violence is unreasonable, adding:
"Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and
the nature of the soul."
The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mahdi
Akef, whose organisation is one of the oldest, largest
and most influential in the Arab world, said the pope
"aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world and
strengthened the argument of those who say that the
West is hostile to everything Islamic".
"The general guide (Akef) expressed his surprise that
such comments should come from someone who sits at the
summit of the Catholic Church and who has an influence
over public opinion in the West," said a statement on
the Muslim Brotherhood's official Web site,
www.ikhwanonline.com.
The Vatican press office said in a statement the pope
had not intended to carry out an in-depth study of
jihad (holy war) and Muslim thinking about it, "even
less to offend the sensitivity of the Muslim
faithful".
"It is clear that the Holy Father's intention is to
cultivate a position of respect and dialogue towards
other religions and cultures, and that clearly
includes Islam," the statement by chief Vatican
spokesman Federico Lombardi said.
He said a careful reading of the Pope's lecture would
show that "what really matters to the Holy Father is a
clear and radical rejection of religious motives for
violence".
In Turkey, the Anatolian state news agency quoted Ali
Bardakoglu, the head of Ankara's Directorate General
for Religious Affairs, as describing the Pope's words
as "extremely regrettable".
"I do not see any use in somebody visiting the Islamic
world who thinks in this way about the holy prophet of
Islam. He should first rid himself of feelings of
hate," NTV's Web site quoted Bardakoglu as saying.
Bardakoglu, whose directorate controls all imams in
Turkey and sends prayer leaders to Turkish communities
abroad, recalled atrocities committed by Roman
Catholic Crusaders during the Middle Ages in the name
of their faith against Orthodox Christians and Jews as
well as Muslims.
Benedict is due to visit Turkey, an avowedly secular
state whose population is predominantly Muslim, in
November at the invitation of President Ahmet Necdet
Sezer.
In Qatar, prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Youssef
al-Qaradawi rejected the Pope's comments and said
Islam was a religion of peace and reason.
"Muslims have the right to be angry and hurt by these
comments from the highest cleric in Christianity,"
Qaradawi told Al Jazeera television. "We ask the pope
to apologise to the Muslim nation for insulting its
religion, its Prophet and its beliefs."
Copyright © 2005 Reuters
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