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...shut down, and the government uses text messages as warnings against public demonstrations and has a history of using neighbors to spy on one another, can Chinese Christians really think that Big Brother isn't watching them pray as well? John Chi Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Converts to Islam Re "Allah's Recruits" [Aug. 28]: it was interesting to read about Westerners like Jamal Harwood who have converted to Islam. Western countries offer the freedom to convert. But in Saudi Arabia, the heart of Islam, with the sacred city of Mecca, it is against the law for Muslims...
...Forced Argument on Forced Conversions Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
...Pope did not intend the remarks - which he made during a speech in Germany on Tuesday - to offend anyone. Benedict didn't explicitly endorse the statement, which recounted a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and a Persian scholar on the truths of Christianity and Islam. "The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war," the Pope said. "He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Muhammad 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...
...week to his native Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI must have already had his subsequent trip somewhere in his thoughts. Just two months ahead of his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country, Benedict had decided to use a key speech at a German University to explore the differences between Islam and Christianity, and the risk of faith-based violence...
...during the Lebanon crisis with its support of Hezbollah - Shi'ites [that] the al-Qaeda has traditionally loathed as heathen - the traditional al-Qaeda leadership looks as though it's chasing after conflicts, and struggling to assert its role as an influence and reference in the war to advance Islam in the world," Jacquard says. "Before that it looked both late and calculating in supporting Hamas. At least by appearance, traditional al-Qaeda leaders at times look frantic trying to get back to center stage...