During a recent interview with the press, the pope rejected the idea that Islam and violence were somehow connected, despite the common occurrence of Muslims bragging about murder dedicated to their religion, punctuated with fervent Allahu Ackbars.
ISIS and other mass-murdering jihadists couldn’t ask for a better friend in the Vatican. Pope Francis refuses to identify Islam with its followers’ daily slaughter for allah [1], even though the religion’s scripture is full of it.
In response to the pope’s statement of Islamic innocence (just a few days after a French priest was murdered [2] in his church!), jihad scholar Robert Spencer remarked [3]:
The Pope is once again ignoring a simple distinction: while people of all faiths and backgrounds commit acts of violence, Islam is unique among world religions in having a developed doctrine, theology and legal system mandating warfare against unbelievers [4]. Unless and until that is confronted, Muslims will continue to commit acts of violence against non-Muslims, including Christians. The Pope is betraying the Christians of the Middle East and the world, and all the victims of jihad violence, by repeating palpable falsehoods about the motivating ideology of attacks upon them, instead of confronting that ideology and calling upon Muslims to renounce and reform Islam’s doctrines of violence.
In addition, the pope has been personally targeted for a live-streamed beheading in St. Peter’s Square [5] in the near future as part of ISIS’ schedule to defeat Christianity. Despite jihadists’ recent war on Christians in Iraq and other historic homelands [6] in the Middle East, Pope Francis has recommended that Europe accept the Islamic invasion [7].
The pontiff’s attitude on the matter of Islam goes beyond naivete — whatever is he thinking?
Below, during a papal visit to Istanbul in 2014, the Grand Mufti displayed a koran to the pope [8]. Francis has said that true Islam is not violent [9] and the koran and the Bible are the same [10].
Here’s a video of the pope’s interview to the press during the flight returning to Rome after a visit to Poland.
It’s also disturbing that Pope Francis blames terrorism on the poor economy and lack of jobs, rather than Islam’s commands to “slay [the infidels] wherever you find them” (4:89 [11]). As a man of faith, he should understand the power of belief, but he instead prattles the Marxist silliness that economics is the sole impetus for behavior.
Pope Francis defends Muslims and blasts ‘Islam is NOT terrorism’ [12], Express (UK), August 1, 2016
POPE Francis said yesterday it was wrong to identify Islam with terrorism and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism.
Speaking aboard the plane taking him back to Rome after a five-day trip to Poland, he said: “I think it is not right to identify Islam with terrorism.
“It is not right and it is not true.”
Francis was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest by knife-wielding attackers who burst into a church service in western France, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat.
The attack was claimed by ISIS.
He said: “I think that in nearly all religions there is always a small fundamentalist group.”
He then added: “We have them,” referring to Catholicism.
The Pope continued: “I don’t like to talk about Islamic violence because every day when I look at the papers I see violence here in Italy – someone killing his girlfriend, someone killing his mother-in-law. These are baptised Catholics.
If I speak of Islamic violence, I have to speak of Catholic violence. Not all Muslims are violent.”
He said there were various causes of terrorism.
The Pope said: “I know it dangerous to say this but terrorism grows when there is no other option and when money is made and it, instead of the person, is put at the centre of the world economy.
“That is the first form of terrorism. That is a basic terrorism against all humanity. Let’s talk about that.”
When he started the trip last week, Francis said the killing of the priest and a string of string of other attacks were proof the “world is at war” but that it was not caused by religion.
He told reporters on the plane that lack of economic opportunities for young people in Europe was also to blame for terrorism.
He said: “I ask myself how many young people that we Europeans have left devoid of ideals, who do not have work. Then they turn to drugs and alcohol or enlist in ISIS.”