Saya membaca posting Greg Le Mond itu.. Sedih..
Betul-betul sedih saya membacanya: bagaimana bisa di zaman digital ini masih ada orang yagn sedungu Greg Le Mond itu: hanya karena Paus ikut "sembahyang" di mesjid di Turki dan karena Paus mengundurkan diri lantas disimpulkannya Puas masuk Islam. Tapi nggak heran ada orang Islam yang bilang salah seorang astronaut Amerika juga masuk islam atau Napoleon yang juga masuk Islam.. Lalu ilmu cocologi itu lho.. Atau persisnya: ini pertanda orang Islam itu tahu bahwa agama najis yagn mereka anut itu sedang karam.. --- In [email protected], Gabriella Rantau <gkrantau@...> wrote: > > Beberapa waktu lalu Grek dlm postingnya yg berjudul Paus Masuk Islam dan > disertai himbauan agar yg membaca menyebar luaskan klaim orang2 dungu bhw > Pope Benedict mengundurkan diri dan masuk Islam. > > Untuk keseimbangan pendapat aku sertakan artikel mengenai pidato Paus > Benedict yg DIPROTES keras oleh umat Islam karena beliau dlm pidatonya > mengritik Islam. Yg ingin lebih banyak membaca ttg pendapat dia mengenai > Islam aku anjurkan untuk click 'Pope Benedict's speech on Islam' atau 'Pope > Benedict's criticism of Islam' > > Gabriella > > POPE BENEDICT CRITICIZES ISLAM > (Artinya dia tidak menjadi mualaf) >  > "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was > new, and thereyou will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command > to spread by the sword the faith he preached." > These > words, expressed six centuries ago by a Byzantine emperor, Manuel II > Paleologus, in dialogue with an Iranian scholar, spur three reflections. > Pope > Benedict XVI offered the above quote, neither endorsing nor condemning it, in > his academic speech, "Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and > Reflections," delivered in German last week in Germany. It > served to introduce his erudite critique of the Western concept of reason > since > the Enlightenment. > But did > he have other purposes? The head of the Benedictine order, Abbot Notker Wolf, > understood the pope's quote as > "a blatant allusion to [Iran's President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad." Vatican > insiders told the LondonSunday Times that Benedict "was trying to pre-empt an > aggressive letter aimed at the > papacy by the president of Iran, which was why he cited the debate involving a > Persian." > First > reflection: Benedict has offered elusive comments, brief statements, and now > this delphic quotation, > but he has not provided a much-needed major statement on this vital topic of > Islam. One hopes it is in the offing. > Whatever > the pope's purpose, he prompted the near-predictable furor in the Muslim > world. > Religious and political authorities widely condemned the speech, with some > calling for violence. > > * In Britain, while leading a rally outside Westminster Cathedral, > Anjem Choudary of Al-Ghurabaa called for the pope "to be subject to capital > punishment." > * In Iraq, the Mujahideen's Army threatened to "smash the crosses in > the house of the dog from Rome" and other groups made blood-curdling threats. > * In Kuwait, an important website called for violent retribution > against Catholics. > * In Somalia, the religious leader Abubukar Hassan Malin urged Muslims > to "hunt down" the pope and kill him "on the spot." > * In India, a leading imam, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, called on Muslims to > "respond in a manner which forces the pope to apologise." > * A top Al-Qaeda figure announced that "the infidelity and tyranny of > the pope will only be stopped by a major attack." > The > Vatican responded by establishing an extraordinary and unprecedented security > cordon around the pope. Further away, the incitement spurred some violence, > with more > likely on the way. Seven churches were attacked in the West Bank and Gaza, > one in Basra, Iraq (prompting this ironic headline at > the "RedState" blog: "Pope implies Islam a violent religion ... Muslims bomb > churches"). The murder of an Italian nun in Somalia and two Assyrians in Iraq > also appear connected. > Second > reflection: this new round of Muslim outrage, violence, and murder has a > by-now > routine quality. Earlier versions occurred in 1989 (in response to Salman > Rushdie's novel, The Satanic Verses), > 1997 (when the U.S. Supreme Court did not take down a representation > of Muhammad), 2002 (when Jerry Falwell called Muhammad a terrorist), 2005 > (the fraudulent Koran-flushing episode), and February 2006 (the > Danish cartoon incident). > Vatican > leaders tried to defuse the pope's quote, as well as his condemnation of > jihad (holy war). The papal spokesman, Federico Lombardi, S.J., said Benedict > did not > intend to give "an interpretation of Islam as violent. ⦠inside Islam > there are many different positions and there are many positions that are not > violent." Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the secretary of state, > indicated that the pope "sincerely regrets that certain passages of his > address could have sounded offensive to the sensitivities of the Muslim > faithful." > Then, in > what may be an unprecedented step by a pope, Benedict himself proffered the > sort of semi-apology often favored by those feeling the > heat. "I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few > passages of my address," reads the official Vatican translation into > English, "which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims. > These in fact were a quotation from a medieval text, which do not in any way > express my personal thought." > In the Italian original, however, Benedict says only sono rammaricato, which > translates as "I am disappointed" or > "I regret." > Third > reflection: the Muslim uproar has a goal: to prohibit criticism of Islam by > Christians and thereby to impose Shariah norms on the West. Should > Westerners accept this central tenet of Islamic law, others will surely > follow. > Retaining free speech about Islam, therefore, represents a critical defense > against the imposition of an Islamic order. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
