“You can not, and it is not true and not right to call Islam a terrorist faith”.
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An economy that focuses on the God of money, not human beings, is the foundation of terrorism, Pope Francis said.
He added: “I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group”.
Discussing his own experience with interreligious dialogue, the Holy Father said that Muslims seek “peace and encounter”, adding, “If I speak of Islamic violence, I should speak of Catholic violence”.
“Not all Muslims are violent, just like not all Catholics are violent”, Bergoglio stated.
“If I speak of Islamic violence, I should speak of Catholic violence”.
“I had a long conversation with the grand imam of Al-Azhar”, he said. Two Muslim men, armed with knives, burst into the church during mass and slit the priest’s throat.
“It’s in the hands of the justice system and one can not judge before the justice system”, the pope told reporters aboard the plane returning to Rome form Poland on Sunday. This is a basic terrorism against all of humanity! And he said no religion had a monopoly on violent members.
The comments came as a response to a reporter overseas a papal plane, who asked the pontiff why he never used the word “Islam” to describe terrorism or violent attacks. “When extremism reaches the point of murder, one can even murder with a word; not only with weapons”. “However, almost all terrorist activity in the last 20 years has been carried out exclusively by Muslims”, he said.
Oddly enough I’m not seeing a lot of Catholic suicide bombers in Europe blowing things up in Pope Francis’ name.
Pope Francis has said it is “not right” to say Islam is violent when people of other religions, including Catholics, commit violence.
The Pope expressed his belief that every religion has its fundamentalist groups, including Catholicism.
Instead, the Pope said, that those who choose to enter fundamentalists groups, such as the ISIS, do so because “they have been left empty” of ideals, work and values.
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Pope Francis in Rome, March 14, 2013.
