Arab op-ed: Pope’s remarks may lead to war

[kevathaide01]

Look at this nice long article with no formatting, in what appears to be a Muslim newspaper: frontierpost.com.pk/index.php?page=news&nid=211&tname=editorials

It goes on and on and on about the Pope and how he’s damaged his office.

 

[StMarkEofE]

The most extreme opinion was voiced by Hani Pahas in the London-based Arabic-language daily newspaper Al-Hayat, who wrote “the pope’s comments may lead to war; we fear that the pope’s statements may lead to a war that we, Muslims and Christians alike, are trying to prevent through dialogue between East and West. …

“The pope’s latest statement cannot be considered a slip of the tongue or a comic bit from a TV show; the situation. 0n here is different, and his remarks are indicative of an important and highly symbolic stance toward the religion (Islam) and the prophet of about a billion and-a-half Muslims,” he said.

“These are ignorant comments previously made by Adolf Hitler, who spoke of a supreme white race against all the other races, especially the African race.

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Muslims protest in India (Photo: AP)

May lead to war? MAY LEAD TO WAR? Well I have news for ya, we’ve been in a war with Islam extremists for some 25 years. Its not a conventional war but it is a war nonetheless.

 

[kevathaide01]

25 years? Our brothers have been fighting the war for 1200 plus years.

 

[Richardols]

May lead to war? MAY LEAD TO WAR? Well I have news for ya, we’ve been in a war with Islam extremists for some 25 years. Its not a conventional war but it is a war nonetheless.

You are correct. The struggle is with Islamist extremists, not with the vast majority of Moslems who have no more intention of going to war with America than the vast majority of Americans intend to go and fight in the Middle East.

As an aside, I personally don’t like to use the term “war” when the struggle is against terrorism or against ideology because such a war is unwinnable. To me, it’s like the War against AIDS or the War against Drugs or the War against Crime. Neither wars nor events that will result in a “victory.”

 

[Eden]

I will write my own op-ed piece and entitle it “Muhammed’s Remarks May Lead to War”.