Monday, September 25, 2006
Here's the latest from Palestinian Media Watch (not online yet, in full):
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
A cartoon in the current issue of the official Hamas weekly "Al Risala" features Pope Benedict holding a Swastika while wearing a scarf of US and Danish flags. Meanwhile, on Fatah-controlled PA TV, a Hamas religious leader called the Pope "criminal and arrogant," "ignorant and stupid," and then warned the Pope to await his punishment. Allah doesn't necessarily punish the wicked immediately, but waits "until a day when eyes will stare (in terror)."
Text: "The Pope and those who live under his cloak"
[Al-Risala, September 18, 2006]
From the Friday sermon by Hamas religious leader, Dr. Osama Al-Mazini:
"The second message is for the criminal Benedict the 16th, the Vatican Pope. For this ignorant and stupid Pope, who has no one to attack besides Islam and the Prophet [Muhammad], may the Creator have mercy on him and protect him. He [the Pope] characterized Islam as a cruel religion, and characterized Muhammad, may the Creator have mercy on him and protect him, as a cruel man, spilling blood, who strove to kill. This hostile Pope refuses to apologize to Muslims; and, instead of apologizing he blames the Muslims for not understanding, thereby adding crime upon crime. This arrogant Pope sees the Muslims as too inferior that he should apologize to them. To this arrogant Pope - criminal and arrogant - this message is from Allah the Elevated and the Exalted, as it was said: 'Think not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do. He but gives them a respite until a day when eyes will stare (in terror).' [Sura14:42]"
[Palestinian Authority TV, September 22, 2006]
Insufficiently nuanced. Though among the inciters and "the street" in Gaza and elsewhere, it's no doubt received as the latest holy writ du jour.
(And let's not forget Saddam & Sons were funders of Hamas, Arafat and that particular status quo in general.)
Islamic history itself absolutely records that Mo did evil things(whether or not he was "evil".)This embarrassing fact is inconvenient to promotion of Islam in the West as a historically peaceful religion.
Some desperadoes suggest Jesus was "violent" when he drove the money changers from the Temple. Now why didn't he just issue a fatwa against them.....or have Simon the Zealaot murder them ?, Yes now that would have made him a good Muslim like Mo......