Pope Will Meet With Muslim Representatives. Including Iran (Plus: MR Was Right. Again)
Yeah, so this is going to happen:
Pope Benedict XVI is due to meet envoys from Muslim nations in an attempt to defuse a crisis in relations between the Catholic Church and Islam. The meeting will aim for reconciliation after recent remarks made by the Pope caused outrage in the Islamic world. He has since regretted causing offence and expressed "deep respect" for Islam... Envoys from Iran, Turkey and Morocco have all confirmed they will attend.
Iran will be there, huh? Wonder if this will come up:
In Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used the comments to call for protests against the United States. He argued that while the pope may have been deceived into making his remarks, the words give the West an "excuse for suppressing Muslims" by depicting them as terrorists. "Those who benefit from the pope's comments and drive their own arrogant policies should be targeted with attacks and protests," he said, referring to the United States.
Of course, few have pointed out that Iran's supreme leader openly called for attacks against the United States. Because why would that matter - it's not like Iran is seeking nukes or anything. Also, nobody has pointed out how totally and obviously right we were:
UPDATE 3: OK, here's what's going to happen. There are going to be a lot of attacks on a lot of Christians by Muslims in the next few days... When that happens, Iran (or maybe Egypt, we think they have some kind of rotation going) will suggest that Muslims were not responsible for the attack. Specifically, they'll say that 'what you have to ask yourself' is 'who benefits' from making Muslims look violent and 'in whose interest' is it to bring drive a wedge between the West and Islam. This is what they do every. single. time.
Seriously, we picked out his exact words. And yet, our inbox is mysteriously congratulation-free. Fine, fine - go back to paying attention to "important" things like Iranian nuclearization and Palestinian terrorism. Pretend we never said anything.
Pope Benedict XVI is due to meet envoys from Muslim nations in an attempt to defuse a crisis in relations between the Catholic Church and Islam. The meeting will aim for reconciliation after recent remarks made by the Pope caused outrage in the Islamic world. He has since regretted causing offence and expressed "deep respect" for Islam... Envoys from Iran, Turkey and Morocco have all confirmed they will attend.
Iran will be there, huh? Wonder if this will come up:
In Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used the comments to call for protests against the United States. He argued that while the pope may have been deceived into making his remarks, the words give the West an "excuse for suppressing Muslims" by depicting them as terrorists. "Those who benefit from the pope's comments and drive their own arrogant policies should be targeted with attacks and protests," he said, referring to the United States.
Of course, few have pointed out that Iran's supreme leader openly called for attacks against the United States. Because why would that matter - it's not like Iran is seeking nukes or anything. Also, nobody has pointed out how totally and obviously right we were:
UPDATE 3: OK, here's what's going to happen. There are going to be a lot of attacks on a lot of Christians by Muslims in the next few days... When that happens, Iran (or maybe Egypt, we think they have some kind of rotation going) will suggest that Muslims were not responsible for the attack. Specifically, they'll say that 'what you have to ask yourself' is 'who benefits' from making Muslims look violent and 'in whose interest' is it to bring drive a wedge between the West and Islam. This is what they do every. single. time.
Seriously, we picked out his exact words. And yet, our inbox is mysteriously congratulation-free. Fine, fine - go back to paying attention to "important" things like Iranian nuclearization and Palestinian terrorism. Pretend we never said anything.
