where can i find an article about the pope remarks on islam?

Question

i need a nice article that should not be too long but must cover the main points of what the pope said about islam in september.

Answer 1

Here is a link to the English translation of the Pope's speech: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg_en.html

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Lefty is correct, what the pope said were not his own words. He was quoting someone else.
The incriminating words were contained in a long academic speech on reason and faith the pope delivered at Regensburg University. At one point, Benedict quoted a remark made in the 14th century by the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus that derided Islam.
Translated from German, the pope cited the ruler's view of Islam: "He said, and I quote, 'Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'"


The problem is that if some muslim quotes something that would offend christianity, yes some may get upset about it, but I doubt very much that there would be the kind of response that came from muslims. The worst that might happen is some christians might get into arguments with muslims and refuse to talk to them anymore, but I don't think Christians would go on a killing rampage because someone said bad things about Jesus.
There is no such thing as "Freedom of speech" in Islam.

Answer 3

The Pope did no longer quote a predecessor, he become quoting a Turkish Emperor from the 14th century. whether it quite is not any longer permissible to cite from background because of fact somebody or some team dislike what become pronounced, we'd to boot tear up all of the background books and do a Pol Pot and commence lower back at Day a million. every person who examine the completed lecture gets excitement from precisely why he made the quote and his clarification for it. The comments have been fantastically proper to cutting-ingredient-day terrorism in that some Islamic fundamentalists have self assurance that every person non-Muslims 'who don't have the e book' are infidels and may be killed.

Answer 4

Any of the major newspapers should have an article in the archives on their web page. The BBC also had the full text of the Pope's speech available if you want to read the whole thing.

Answer 5

The pope didn't say anything about Islam. He merely quoted a statement from a medieval text.

Answer 6

Google News!

Answer 7

go to the library,it is recorded on micro chip,they have a machine that carry's old news reports.

Answer 8

On Tuesday, September 12th, Pope Benedict XVI made a speech on "Faith and Reason" at the University of Regensburg in Germany and quoted from writings of an erudite 14th Century Byzantine Christian Emperor, Manuel II Palaiologos. Manuel II took notes during his dialogs in 1391 with the Persian Muderris at Ankara and his notebooks were preserved as the "Twenty-six Dialogs with a Persian" on the "truths of Christianity and Islam". The pontiff quoted Manuel II who said that spreading the faith through violence is unreasonable and that acting without reason was against God's nature.

Manuel II's empire had been conquerored by Muslims and was made to pay the jizyah (submission tribute) so naturally he experienced Islam at its worst. Between 1379 and 1402 Byzantium had paid 690,000 hyperpyra (or 345,000 ducats) to the Ottomans.
http://www.roman-emperors.org/manuel2.htm

The pontiff said, "Speaking about the issue of jihad, holy war, the emperor [Manuel II] said, 'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'"

"Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul," added the pontiff in his own words.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg_en.html
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=46474

Muslim reaction to that speech spanned from outrage to violence against nuns and churches. An Iraqi insurgent group threatened the Vatican with a suicide attack over the pope's remarks on Islam, according to a statement posted Saturday on the Web.

"We swear to God to send you people who adore death as much as you adore life," said the message posted in the name of the Mujahedeen Army on a Web site frequently used by militant groups. The message's authenticity could not be independently verified. The statement was addressed to "you dog of Rome" and threatens to "shake your thrones and break your crosses in your home."

Full statement by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on Pope Benedict XVI's response to Muslim anger over a speech he gave in Germany Tuesday... the pontiff was "very sorry" if he offended the sensibilities of Muslims worldwide.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-09/16/05a.shtml

On Sunday, September 17th the pontiff said, " I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5353774.stm

At his weekly audience in St Peters Square on Wednesday, September 22, the pope said, "I wished to explain that not religion and violence but religion and reason go together," he said.

On Monday, September 15, at Castel Gandalfo, the summer palace, Pope Benedict met with 21 ambassadors of Muslim countries as well as leaders of Italy's own Muslim community.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/topstories_story_265051734.html
http://errdocs.myway.com/

Addressing the 21 Muslim diplomats, the pope did say that Christians and Muslims must work together to “guard against all forms of intolerance and to oppose all manifestations of violence.” Among predominantly Muslim nations with diplomatic relations to the Vatican, only Sudan did not participate in the meeting. Saudi Arabia does not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/25/ap/world/mainD8KBU0Q00.shtml
http://www.beatricedailysun.com/articles/2006/09/25/news/news4.txt

On October 9, the pope added footnotes to his speech which appears on the official Vatican website to placate anger in the Islamic world over his remarks.
http://www.startribune.com/614/story/730779.html

The pope is scheduled to visit Turkey on November 28 to December 1. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II 4 times, warned Pope Benedict not to come to Turkey. "As a man who knows these things, I say your life is in danger. Don't come to Turkey,"
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/19/pope.turkey.ap/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5366628.stm

Muslims considered what the pope said to be "tajdif" (blasphemy). Furthermore, the timing of the speech was just before Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. Dates for Ramadan 2006 (or the Islamic year of 1427 are September 24th thru October 23rd.

Some contemporary evangelical Christian leaders such as Jerry Falwell and Jerry Vines have called Muhammad "a terrorist" and a "demon possessed pedophile who had twelve wives". Daniel Pipes sees Muhammad as a politician, stating that "because Muhammad created a new community, the religion that was its raison d'etre had to meet the political needs of its adherents." By contrast, Pope Benedict quoting Manuel II seems quite mild but because Islam is a theocratic system where there is no separation of religion and state, what the pope said has more relevance to them.

On September 17, 2006, at a press conference in Gaza, Dr. Imad Hamto, a pakistani religious leader said, "We want to use the words of the Prophet Muhammad and tell the pope: 'Aslim Taslam'". This is the equivalent of a death threat for Muhammad would kill those who did not surrender.

Aslim Taslam (Arabic: أسلم تسلم) meaning "surrender to Islam" is a phrase that was taken from the letters sent by the Prophet Muhammed to the chiefs of tribes in his times in which he reportedly urged them to convert to Islam to spare their lives.

Michelle Malkin wrote in response to the death of the outspoken critic of Islam, Orianna Fallacci, May her life continue to inspire more boldness. Fallacci was an embodiment of the rejoinder "lan astaslem" (Arabic: لن استسلم ) meaning "I will not surrender". Michelle Malkin avers, "lan astaslem" in her 9/11 column and her columns about Muslims violent reactions to the Pope's 9/12 speech. In her 9/13 column, Michelle Malkin links to a website that sells "lan astaslem" Tshirts, hats, mugs and bumper stickers. All proceeds go to the Families of Freedom scholarship fund for the children and spouses of victims of the 9/11 attacks.

I guess that as Daniel Pipes says, the basic message is that because of Muslims' violent reaction, Islamic law rules over Westerners too "because you no longer have the privilege to say what you will about Islam, the Prophet, and the Qur'an."

So much for American rights of freedom of speech, redress of grievances and democracy itself. Islam is antithetical to them all.