Egypt – Al-Qaida in Iraq and its allies warned Pope Benedict XVI today that he and the West were “doomed” and proclaimed that the holy war would continue until Islam dominates the world. The statement said that the Quran tells Muslims in many occasions that “jihad continues and should never stop until dooms day where this religion ends victorious.”
Benedict on Tuesday in Germany had quoted from a book recounting a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and an educated Persian on the truths of Christianity and Islam. The group also accused U.S. President George W. Bush of initiating the “new Crusades campaign against Islam by his invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq while the servant of the cross, the pope of the Vatican, is continuing this path by his blatant attack on Islam, its prophet … and especially his talk about jihad.”
“The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war,” the pope said.
“He said, I quote, ‘Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and nhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached,’” he quoted the emperor as saying.
The pope on Sunday said that he was “deeply sorry” about the angry reaction and said the remarks came from a text that didn’t reflect his own opinion.
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