The Pope was perhaps being diplomatic.
Did you read my second article quoting the Vatican about Christians being persecuted in Muslim countries?
No?
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor was lying, was he?
During a speech on 16 May at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, he said the main obstacle to Christian-Muslim dialogue was “the failure, in a number of Muslim countries, to uphold the principle of religious freedom”. It was, he added, “essential that Muslims can freely worship in Oxford or London, just as it is essential that Christians can freely worship in Riyadh or Kabul”.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor called upon Muslims living in Britain to speak out when Christians are denied their rights in Islamic countries. “Where religious rights of minorities are disrespected in the name of Islam”, he said, “the face of Islam is tarnished elsewhere in the world.”
Perhaps Archbishop Lajolo just had too much of the holy wine that day when he said:
- The protection of Christians in Islamic countries is particularly difficult in the area ranging from Turkey to the Middle East. Solutions must be found for the many Christians who flee their country of residence in search of safety.
Archbishop Lajolo criticised Islamic countries for ignoring the concept of reciprocity, common in relations among states, when it comes to matters of faith. Islamic countries, he pointed out, demand religious rights for their citizens who migrate to other countries, but ignore this principle for non-Muslim immigrants present in their own lands.
Oh… it is your utter unconcern for Evangelicals when they are being persecuted that tells me of your moral compass. They don’t count as human beings worthy of respect, do they, being lesser creations than Catholics and other orthodox believers, eh?
