Some Muslims in India burned an effigy of the pope, and many joined in protest marches. [15]"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". It's even more true today than ever.
About 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza City protested the Pope's statement on 15 September
A Greek Orthodox and an Anglican Church in Nablus were fire-bombed. A group called the Lions of Monotheism claimed responsibility for the attacks and said they were carried out to protest the pope's speech. [31]
Palestinians bombed and engaged in shootings against five churches in the West Bank and Gaza. [32][33]
Security has been discreetly stepped up around and inside the Vatican City, because of concerns about the possibility of acts of violence. [34].
On September 17th, 2006 two Somali gunmen entered a children's hospital in Mogadishu and shot both an elderly nun and a Somali bodyguard. They were both killed in the attack. [35] A senior Somali Islamist who spoke on condition of anonymity that 'There is a very high possibility the people who killed her were angered by the Catholic Pope's recent comments against Islam'. However, the Reuters agency said he offered no specific evidence to support that motive at this time. [36]
The Iraqi militia Jaish al-Mujahedin (Holy Warriors' Army) announced its intention to "destroy their cross in the heart of Rome… and to hit the Vatican."[37]
A previously unknown Baghdad-based group, Kataab Ashbal Al Islam Al Salafi (Islamic Salafist Boy Scout Battalions) threatened to kill all Christians in Iraq if the Pope does not apologize to Mohammed in three days in front of the whole world.[38]
A Supreme Islamic Courts Council of Somalia cleric has called for the Pope's assassination, urging Muslims to "hunt down the Pope for his barbaric statements." [39], another demanded that "whosoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the nearest Muslim". [40]
Mohammed PBUH
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