Pope Benedict on Islam

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Bismillah:

Bismillah


salam alykom


Shamms, the intention was never to ignore your enlighting info, thank u for adding this to my inof.


BTW which denomination are u following? before I continue.


Well, if u give me the choice, although I respect much the stance of the People's Assembly here in Egypt (= congress) which on a session made a formal request for an apology.


But I d rather would have addressed the pope asking him those who are embracing Islam since I dont know when till the current time, with a large number of priests and monks, who put a sowrd on their neck to do so. To me, the Pope's comment manifests nothing but deep threat. He is threatened.


Yusuf Estes for one, who was a former very active priest, no one forced him to embrace Islam.

I guess Shamms said before that he/she is an orthodox Christian.


And by the way sister, just little correction from your little brother :) .. Yusuf Estes was a Protestant Preacher, not a priest, because this term used only in the Catholic Church. but i do agree, that he was very active in preaching Christianity, he even hated Muslims and Islam, and yet he accepted Islam under no compulsion, and not only him who embraced Islam, but his wife, his father, daughters, and many of his family members. <b>so where is this invisible sword that we cannot see</b>????

"The sword indeed, but where will you get your sword? <b>Every new opinion, at its starting is precisely in a minority of one. In one man’s head alone. There it dwells as yet. One man alone of the whole world believes it, there is one man against all men. That he takes a sword and try to propagate with that, will do little for him. You must get your sword! On the whole, a thing will propagate itself as it can</b>." <b>Thomas Carlyle</b>

Salam


Wael.