I try to avoid talking about muslims and Islam too much because a) I’m not interested in religion and b) threads about muslims tend to attract hordes of knuckle-draggers in the comments (the only comment I’ve every had to moderate on my blog was in a thread about muslims).
However, I’ve got to talk about the last few days. A couple of days ago the pope made a speech and in it he quoted an emperor from about 700 years ago who criticised the teachings of Mohammed when he said that Islam should be spread by the sword. The quote pointed out that this is not about tolerance and that is correct – spreading a religion by the sword and showing no mercy to the infidels unless they repent and pay a ransom is not tolerant, it is barbaric.
The pope has apologised. He claims that he didn’t intend it to be offensive. It’s clearly going to offend muslims because they won’t accept and percieved criticism of their religion and if he really thought that it wouldn’t offend them then he is far too naive to hold the office he does. However, he has apologised for offending them and they should accept this.
They myth of a tolerant and respectful muslim religion is exposed by the reaction of muslims all round the world to the pope’s gaffe. When muslims blow up buildings and kill hundreds of people muslim “leaders” around the world explain that it’s all the fault of the west with our society of decedance and capitalism and we have only ourselves to blame. When a Danish newspaper prints cartoons of Mohammed, muslims around the world take part in violent protests inciting murder and terrorism. When the pope quotes somebody from hundreds of years ago and offends muslims, they go on the rampage all over the world protesting, burning churches and apparently shooting dead a nun while “British” muslim “leaders” tell us that it’s all our fault and that an apology isn’t enough.
When you offend Islam there is, unfortunately, only one way to satisfy those that bay for your blood and that is to give it to them. Islam demands death to those who insult this religion of peace and tolerance.
Nail on head.
All religions are equal, except some are more equal than others.
[…] Yesterday I suggested that the only way the pope can satisfy some of the muslims burning churches and protesting because he offended their religion of peace and tolerance. […]
You make the widespread mistake of regarding Islam as solely a religion!
It is a worldwide political movement of a fascist nature bent on imposing a theocracy on everyone. Its intolerance is not to be tolerated. Once it becomes seen to be what it truly is – a political monster – the more likely those in authority will deal with it properly and effectively.
It’s not possible to deal with any more I fear. There are now so many large minority groups of muslims all over the world and especially in the UK that if any moves were made to contain or control them they would simply rebel and do so successfully.
The events following the mohammed cartoons were a demonstration of power – the power to mobilise a global Islamic protest. It only took a couple of months to organise it and look at the extent of the protests. If Islam were perceived to be under threat then it wouldn’t take much to co-ordinate a global uprising.
There may be more Christians in the world than muslims but their religion tells them it’s good to fight, kill and die for Islam and they’re a damn sight more motivated.