Monday, March 24, 2008
VIOLENT PEOPLE LINKED TO VIOLENCE SOMEHOW
The London Times reports:
The Pope has risked a renewed rift with the Islamic world by baptising a Muslim journalist who describes Islam as intrinsically violent and characterised by "hate and intolerance".
Where the hell did he get those crazy ideas? Next paragraph:
Pope Benedict XVI baptised Magdi Allam, 55, an outspoken Egyptian-born critic of Islamic extremism and supporter of Israel. He has been under police protection for five years after receiving death threats over his criticism of suicide-bombings.
Oh. This echoes the ABC’s perfect Islam epigram of 2006:
Middle Eastern leaders and analysts have warned of a potentially violent backlash in the region to the Pope’s remarks implicitly linking Islam to violence.
(Via JM)