Archive for September, 2006

Respect is a two-way street

‘Everybody should know by now that all claims about religions’ reconciliation have just been proven to be lies in reality. How can they think of reconciliation while insulting Islam and the Prophet.’
Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik
Muslim offense at Pope Benedict’s recent comment on Islam in an academic lecture at Regenburg University [...]

Moderate Muslims forgive Pope and move on

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***In Pakistan Catholic and Muslim scholars and clerics met to study the Pope?s Regensburg speech which caused Muslims to protest. The meeting, which took place at the Bishop?s residence, is the initiative of the local bishop, Mgr Joseph Coutts, and Fr Aftab James Paul, director of Interfaith Dialogue and Ecumenism for the diocese of Faisalabad. [...]

Should the Pope apologize?

Recently Pope Benedict came under vehement criticism from leaders of Muslim countries for his comments regarding the prophet Mohammed and Islam.
The pope, a former professor of Regenburg University in Germany, gave a lecture entitled, “Faith, Reason and Universality”, to a welcoming crowd of 25,000 people as well as those who watched it on live television. [...]

Fashionably late is unfashionably rude

Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, were sent away from an exclusive dinner hosted by Mario Testino to honor French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld because the duo failed to RSVP.
“There weren’t places for them because they hadn’t RSVPed,” says one unnamed guest. “They were refused entry at the door!”
Kudos to Testino for having the wherewithall as [...]