Muslims anger at Popes remarks

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Story here .

I wonder if a Fatwa will be taken out against the Pope who had the temerity to say something about Islam? His comments have been misconstrued and to be honest, I don't understand what all the fuss is about.

Both Christianity and Islam have a bloodthirsty history but I think that Muslims are becoming too hypersensitive towards their religion. Why is it that clerics like Abu Hanza can stand on the streets of London, spewing hateful rhetoric about the West but the minute anybody in the West says something about Islam, Muslims around the world get their headscarves and beards in a twist? Chill out for goodness sake. I don't recall the Muslim collective condenming the Iranian President when he called for Israel to be wiped of the planet. I'm certain that there are many Muslims who make disparaging remarks about Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism etc. Religion is not just about words, it is about living up to what you preach and how you treat others. No wonder so many people in this country are turned off religion.

I personally agreed with everything the Pope said and interestingly, so did my male Muslim friend.

DC. Your post reminded me of a Spitting Image sketch. Bernard Levin and Jonathan Miller in "Talking Bollocks".

"Call me Ishmael, call me Ishmael"

So what you are all saying is that DC likes the sound of his own typing.
Glad it was just badly written, thought so. Ideas are good but sentence structure a bit dodgy at times? Yeah.

And DC i do find it a bit funny that you call us all thick art grads when you can't spell to save your life.

He doesn't need to spell. That's the sort of detail fluffy arts grads can concern themselves with.

Although I disagree with custy's view of science. Scientific method involves trying to disprove a hypothesis. You look for evidence to support your theory. A lot of the time, there is a huge amount of conjecture as to how things work. You just work towards the truth.

FCC.
Agree BeckyBraStraps.

Oh lookey. Are we ganging up on DC. Can I play???????

but it's too easy Uwila.

I'm not a thickie arts grad

I'm a thickie arts UNDERfrad

and I still c an't type (though can spellr eally well in RL)

xan understand DC's posts, occasionally agree with them, but this one goes a bit round and round

but at least you have an informed opinion DC, which is always a bonus

what's an underfrad peachy?

It's a cross between an undergrad and a fruad- what I feel like when I get a good grade

You think DC's opinions are well infomed?

Well he kinds of knows what he's talking about from his perspective- and I guess I was thinking of a previous convo about stats we had.

I don't like DC baiting, there's too much baiting going on on MN these days and not enough supporting

mine's only tongue in cheek i assure you - and i think DC can give as good as he gets.