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May 4, 2006
Australia: Cardinal Pell Denounces Islam
An important Catholic leader tells the truth: Pell challenges Islam - o ye, of little tolerant faith
AUSTRALIA'S most influential Catholic has said the Koran is riddled with "invocations to violence" and the central challenge of Islam lies in the struggle between moderate and extremist forces as the faith spreads into a "childless Europe".The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, said reading the Koran, the sacred text of Islam, was vital "because the challenge of Islam will be with us for the remainder of our lives - at least".
But in a speech to US Catholic business leaders, Dr Pell said Western democracy was also suffering a crisis of confidence as evidenced by the decline in fertility rates. "Pagan emptiness" and Western fears of the uncontrollable forces of nature had contributed to "hysteric and extreme claims" about global warming.[...]
Right on target on that last two, if I may say so again. The story continues:
[...]"In my own reading of the Koran, I began to note down invocations to violence. There are so many of them, however, that I abandoned this exercise after 50 or 60 or 70 pages."Last year, Dr Pell courted controversy when he drew a link between Islam and communism.[...]
I shall go now, and look for Cardinal Pell's full speech.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at May 4, 2006 12:58 PM
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