ASA
My sentiments are similar to yours.
There is an Australian born woman, a truly great woman, Harvard professor,
and well known peace activist, Dr. Caldicott - she
repeatedly appealed and begged the Pope to go to Iraq as the
ultimate human shield (just prior to the terrible "Shock and
Awe" attack on Iraq). She was sure such a visit by the Pope would
attract world attention and help prevent, or at least, delay the US attack
on Iraq and give more time to the WMD inspectors to finish their
work. Had the well intentioned Pope had made the visit, that may have
prevented the mass slaughter of a hundred thousand innocent Iraqis. He
did not oblige. He did not budge.
Talk is cheap, but you got to walk the talk. Calling for peace in the middle
east is like water on the back of the Israeli buffalo. Israel requires much
more than soft talk. A leader wielding so much influence and power could
have truly earned a place in the annuls of history had he earnestly wished
and worked to bring peace in the Middle East.
Save a small number of feeble voices, the Christendom has largely shown the
same silence during the slaughter of Iraqis, which they showed during the
Jewish holocaust.
The Pope profoundly apologized to the Jews for the holocaust, but he
failed to apologize to the Muslims for the Crusades and the Spanish
Inquisitions. See:
He did talk about 'building bridges' between Muslims and Christians,
and the Islamic scholars in turn welcomed him warmly in Muslim lands and
permitted him to visit sanctified precincts of the Muslim holy
places. The Muslim scholars visited him at the Vatican several times,
but apart from a lot of nice words, nothing in substance took place.
Muslims must avoid too much adoration of the Pope. We should not go over
board with our eulogies, so that they become dishonest utterances. But
we should never speak ill of a dead man. Allah swt is the best judge of all.
(Here is the TorontoStar article:
"Peace Activist
Implores Pope to be 'Ultimate Human Shield' - 'Only person' who can
stop Iraq war Helen Caldicott sets up campaign. by Leslie Scrivener.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0306-01.htm
Please read the heart moving letters Dr. Caldicott wrote to the Pope).
Muslims, Jews and Christians (other than the Zionist cults) have so
much in common. Together, we could work to overcome the evils of Free Masons
and the Zionists to establish peace on earth. But unfortunately, the
gathering dark clouds over the heads of Muslims may bring more Shocks
and Awes than peace.
To learn about the stranglehold of Free Masons in the Vatican, please read "The
Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul I"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: should Muslims mourn the death of Pope?
Assalaam Alaikum.
Life and death are two facts in life.
Both are in the hands of Allah.
We will all once die.
Prophets before us tasted this sour reality.
It is a scary fact that very few people really hope to talk or even think
about.
There is no surprise to hear about the death of the Pope as we will all
pass
that scary and mysterous road.
What amazes me the most is to see how the media some times portray someone
as the greatest human being to live.
If you are liked by the media, you are made a saint.
And if you are not, then, you would be smeared against and made like a
villain who has ever walked on earth.
I don't have anything against the Pope. My deepest sympathy to his family,
friends and those who share his faith.
What I am really puzzled is to see the amount of coverage the media has
given this man after his death.
Even some Muslims have followed the footstep of the media in praising the
Pope.
When I checked things around, I did not see anything remarkable that the
Pope did.
Indeed he spoke against Iraq war and visited a mosque.
But nothing else I could read about his legacy.
What do you think brother Meer?
Abubakar