Can I read your opinions, about the Pope's comments about Islam?

A very good example of how things can be taken out of context and reported in a negative light and cause outrage and violence. I think it also sheds light on the mindset of radical Islam. Without even knowing the full content and context of the speech, it was automatically assumed that the Pope was condemning Islam. Even if his words immediately following the quote were "but this guy was wrong..." do you think that would have gotten as much coverage as the other part? The Pope is not inciting hatred...the media is.

Too undesirable for the Muslims. enable them to be dissatisfied over 'the actuality'! Muslims do no longer choose to admit to the irony in Muslims being waiting to desecrate a Christian Temple in Jerusalem by using spreading feces on photos of Christ? yet a Christian chief (the Pope) can’t remind people of what 14th century Byzantine emperor Manuel Paleolous II mentioned on the subject of the earnings Mohammad various hundred years in the past. It wasn’t even the Popes very own words or concept. He replaced into repeating what Paleolous II supposedly mentioned. . What’s with the hypersensitive reaction besides? The Muslims can dance in the streets; shout and yell; develop their fists all they choose to yet i do no longer think the Pope owes Muslims an apology for something. some have contended the terrorists are a sort of radical Islam and a small minority of the religion. they say the huge majority of Muslims are a non violent people. i'm commencing as much as ask your self approximately those claims once I see the reported hundreds of thousands in the streets protesting what the Pope repeated. 2 confronted or what? Is Islam a non violent faith or a violence based faith? by using what i'm seeing and listening to, i could could end the latter.

I am SICK of people who call themselves Americans overgeneralizing like crazy about Islam as a religion that automatically breeds terrorists. That's just total ignorance.

There is as much if not more potential for Christians around the world to be breeding the coming of a real Armageddon, and Bush and his religious supporters are in the process of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy if they continue to escalate war in the Middle East.

The pope's remarks came not to disparage Islam, but to do the exact opposite. He was trying to say it is unjust that remarks such as those once made by a Byzantine emporer that Islam is "evil and inhuman" are not fair. When you have a handful of people who have a radical world view based on a religious order, to say the CAUSE of the radicalism is the religion itself is a vast overgeneralization. The Catholic Church may not be the most tolerant of other religions, but the pope meant no harm. The political mileau is such that to state anything in public against a whole religious group will be easily misconstrued. People like Bush are even encouraging this by using terminology like "Islamofascist," which carries with it the hidden asumption that Islam commonly breeds fascists, but there is no evidence of such commonality.

The leader of the Catholic Church would not denigrate another religion.

Hmm. The Pope read a historical document that included a sentence about Islam being spread by the sword....

Heck that can't be true...let's see there was the first World Trade Center bombing. Attack on the USS Cole. Attack on the Marine Barracks in Lebanon. 9/11. Attack on disco in SE Asia. Attack on trains in Spain. Attack on underground in London. President of Iran says that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth. 4,000 Katyusha missiles hit Israel in about a month, and so on and so on.

Its perfectly clear to me...Muslims who are outraged with the Pope's statement are poor victims of the west presenting too many easy targets....er, yes, Liberal Democracies must be at fault....and, the Pope is their leader....

The truth hurts. In this case the truth hurt an innocent nun. The reaction of the "peaceful" Islamists shows that the pope's words were on target.

The Pope cited points from centuries ago and it seems obvious by the reactions of many Muslims that some things never change.

The truth hurts those who do not live by it. Man has free will and force (or the threat thereof) will not deter those who believe in exercising that free will (e.g., free speech).

The radical Muslims are itching for a fight.

The Pope's comments were uncalled for... actually extremely hypocritical if you think about it - it's not like the early day of the CRUSADES (covert to Christianity or die) were done by Hindu's, Buddhists and Jews..

All the Pope did was invite his religion/country into the wonderful world of terrorism - I'm sure the Vatican is now in the top 10 - please detect sarcasm when used....

What do you expect from a Pope that was in the Hitler Youth Corp???

I feel that the Pope is a smart man. I feel he knew he would get a reaction by making that statement in public. It was a PR move all the way. I wonder how Christians would feel if some Representative of Islam called Jesus the ' son of a war mongering God '..........people could argue he was right but how would Christians take it?

In trying to promote peace, he read a passage from a book stating SOME of the laws were harsh and evil. The words were not his.

Nonetheless, I did feel it was bad judgment to read that passage....until the 60 year old nun was shot in the back four times...now I just think the passage was right.

To argue you are a religion of peace and if you disagree with it they will "kill or maim or rape "( words by a Cleric) you only confirm the passage correct.

They were not the Pope's comments. He read from historical text.

Now the muslims are showing their true colors, again.

Any excuse to burn stuff and fling their poo.