A week ago Mr.Pope quoted some bazentine emperor about islam being an evil.
I am a muslim and i understand that he is a person who represents the catholic faith.
I would expect him to be sympathatic to his followers and work for strengthening christian faith and guide the beleiving christians towards good.On the contrary he is wasting his time in criticising a religion,which is none of his business.
I do agree that he has the right to say whatever he wants,but he is no ordinary man.He is on a responsible position,and he should be very careful in what he is saying.
In the current scenario,when the world is already on the brink of war,and a very fragile peace exists,such a behaviour from "the pope" won't help in anyway,to make the world a better place.
As a reaction,many muslims have demonsterated against him,which is their right of free speach.They too can criticise anybody.Sadly many have gone violent.They have burnt churches,and minority christians in many muslim countries are suffering.I condemn violence,but i can't blame only the people who are doing this.I blame the pope too.
While he will be sitting in the safety of Vetican,Christians somewhere in the world will be losing their property,or even lives due to what he said.He is supposed to be a saviour for christianity,not a trouble maker.
What the pope said,should not be an excuse for violence against innocent people.The trouble is,can i give this argument to a muslim who is ignorant and angry?
Although i don't mind peaceful demonsteration about anything.
Personally,i am not much bothered about whether or not,someone endorses or praises or criticises my faith and religion or not.I know i am right.
Criticism,if positive,is a blessing.I can take that.
But criticism,on the level of swearing is not good,and not necessary.
I would ask the muslims using violence,against christians,to go through the chapter of "Zimmi" in islamic shariah.If they are minority in a muslim majority country,according to shariah,bothering them is a sin.Definately Allah won't be happy.
My message to the vetican is that if you don't want to apologise for the sake of peace,better not.Ask the pope to say simillar things,a few more times.The muslims will eventually lose interest in whatever he says,a few christians may also do the same.The current outrage among mslims,about his saying,is partly due to the fact that muslims usually don't expect something like this from someone as responsable as the pope.But if he keeps doing it,this will become a norm,and nobody will mind.;)