In case you’re not clear that Europe’s growing Muslim population (paired with Christians unwillingness to reproduce) is kind of a problem for Western civilization and the Church, here’s a video of how a group of Muslims reacted to the Pope’s recent visit to England. (Hint: They’re not happy. They get a little “Death to the Pope” on him.)
Lisa Graas of Newsreal blog writes:
Though the Crusades were fought centuries ago and are rarely, if ever, mentioned in Catholic classrooms, Muslims today who want Jihad continue to flaunt them in vengeful tones and wallow in hatred for Catholicism. So it was when Pope Benedict XVI visited the United Kingdom and was met on his itinerary by a group of angry Islamists urging for his death and calling him “responsible” for the Crusades.
Muslim demonstrators shouted “Pope Benedict, you will pay, Islam is on its way”, “Sharia is on its way”, “Justice is on its way” (a lot is coming our way, it seems) and threatened that Sharia would be “declared” against all who insult Muhammad. They shouted to the Pope, “Watch your back,” swore that he will “burn in hell” and claimed that he “deserves the death penalty.”
Meanwhile, we’re all about the hand wringing over the the WTC Mosque and because some lone nutballs are talking about burning the Koran. Remember, we’re the bad guys here. We’re eeeeeeeevil. EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeviiiiiilllll. They’re the religion of peace, doncha know.
I’ve said this before but I really do worry about how the Vatican will fare in an increasingly Islamicized Europe. I know just by saying that I’ll be labeled a racist.
September 24, 2010 at 5:52 pm
You could also say "Viva el papa" (yes, "la papa" is potato – or potatoe, depending upon political affiliation).
September 24, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Surely racism will rear its head with this comment:
Did you notice the number of 'white guys' in the crowd? Maybe it's a little harder to tell with the Islamic religious beards they grow out but I think I saw at least four of them, engaging in the crowd's "death to the Pope", etc chants. A little competition in the market of religious ideas is nice, but leaving Catholicism for non-denom happy-clappy Christianity is one thing, rejecting your heritage (even if its because of how sclerotically secular it may be) for the Arabian death cult is quite another. Convert to Islam and hate your own people, kin and heritage?? Maybe Cat Stevens… whoops, I mean Yusef Islam, could talk about what that's like. Granted, ignorance plays a significant role but pity ends at the moment you join a Pope-Hate rally to demand that he "pay".
September 25, 2010 at 2:59 pm
There's muslim handwringing over at whosoeverdesires.com too.
I'm so over it. How in the heck am I supposed to ignore 1,000+ years of history in the name of political correctness?
September 25, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Much more frightening than most will consider…until their head is about to be separated from their bodies if they do not acquiesce.
The future is very bleak and bloody. Yes, I know
how it ends, but the body count and the loss of souls will be unfathomable.
Kyrie Eleison!
September 25, 2010 at 10:39 pm
The future is very bleak and bloody.
For you, perhaps. And that's more sad than anything.
November 8, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Don't care, because all religions are all the same to me: products of weak-willed people. If Islam and Christianity want to destroy each other, what the hell. Let them. That'll take care of half the world's population right there. Good riddance.
Besides, after all those centuries of being targeted by the Christians, if I was a muslim who studied history, I would be extremely pissed off too.
-the anti-theist