Holy Schnikes, Qaradawi ...The pontiff will call for terrorists to convert to Christianity
By Malcolm Moore in RomeLast Updated: 1:42am BST 12/04/2008The Pope will pray for the redemption of Islamic terrorists when he visits the site of the September 11 attacks in New York next week.
The pontiff will call for terrorists to convert to Christianity, saying: "Turn to Your way of love those whose
hearts and minds are consumed with hatred.
"God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance".
The prayer is likely to further incense the Muslim world, which has already attacked the Pope for publicly converting Magdi Allam, a journalist and one of Italy's most high-profile Muslims, at Easter.Osama bin Laden accused the Pope of trying to provoke "a new crusade" against Islam.
Aref Ali Nayed, a leading scholar and proponent of peaceful relations (uh...otherwise known as taqiyya) between the Roman Catholic Church and Islam, said that there were "genuine questions about the motives, intentions and plans of some of the Pope's advisers on Islam".
Maybe we should actually be turning that statement around there Aref, old chap.
This is Pope is a cool, sneaky little dude isn't he? His words seem bland, but the total of the three overt actions (if this article is true) create a coherent little story, no?
The speech taken from medieval times, the conversion, and now this....CARRY ON DUDE.
It's all just the expression of religious freedom, and free speech. DELICIOUS.
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