Muslims want POPE ARRESTED for INSULTING islam

[azurefly]

More unbelievable stuff...

Muslims worldwide have been angered by remarks the pope made in a lecture last week that they said portrayed Islam as a religion tainted by violence and irrationality.

Benedict has said he is deeply sorry Muslims have been offended by his use of a mediaeval quotation on Islam and holy war, but has stopped short of retracting his comments.

Employees of Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, presented a petition to the Justice Ministry asking it to launch a probe into the Pope's remarks and to detain him when he arrives, the Anatolian news agency said.

They said the pontiff had violated Turkish laws upholding freedom of belief and thought by "insulting" Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.

The protesters held banners that read "Either apologise or don't come."

It is not uncommon for individuals or organizations in Turkey to seek legal action against world leaders whose actions they disapprove of. They have never succeeded.

Okay, so Turkish laws "uphold freedom of thought" by telling people they are not allowed to hold and express certain views. Why not tell it straight (you will wait forever for the media to do that, though) and say, "Turkish law prohibits anyone saying anything bad about islam, which gets free reign to do or say anything it wants"? :barf:

They are complaining about being called irrational; but they say that the way to protect freedom of thought and belief is to ban certain thought and belief.
Yep, I'd say that's clearly irrational.


-azurefly

 

[Marko Kloos]

It's also off-topic.