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What's your view on this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5351324.stm ?
I can't believe the hype surrounding this. The Pope quoted something and said twice before this is not his views but a quote and still he gets flamed to hell and back.
Question is was he right in using the quote (in its original planned context - he was discussing a topic and used a quote used in the past) or has he over stepped the mark and the Islamic world is right in their out cry?
In his speech at Regensburg University, the German-born Pope explored the historical and philosophical differences between Islam and Christianity, and the relationship between violence and faith.
Stressing that they were not his own words, he quoted Emperor Manuel II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire, the Orthodox Christian empire which had its capital in what is now the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The emperor's words were, he 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."
Benedict said "I quote" twice to stress the words were not his and added that violence was "incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul".
I can't believe the hype surrounding this. The Pope quoted something and said twice before this is not his views but a quote and still he gets flamed to hell and back.
Question is was he right in using the quote (in its original planned context - he was discussing a topic and used a quote used in the past) or has he over stepped the mark and the Islamic world is right in their out cry?