The words of the Pope were in no way taken out of context

Submitted by Hamad (Saudi Arabia), Sep 21, 2006 at 18:58

The Pope as a leader of Catholic Christians, should be inviting for peace. To use these words, I can't see how could he be aiming for peace. I didn't even know the words from the TV and papers in my country, until I browsed through here.

The words are so offensive to us Muslims that we can't mention them in public. The outrage by the Muslims was unfortunate. There are a billion Muslims in the world, and few of them were violent in their response. Now, I as a Muslim will be blamed for all those attrocities by the ignorant West, simply because I am a Muslim. Good job Pope, you seem to be laying the foundations for the next wave of crusades successfully.

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