THE INGRATITUDE: ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS
TO ASSASSINATE POPE FRANCIS
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/the-ingratitude-islamic-state-threatens-to-assassinate-pope-francis;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and
research purposes:
It is understandable that the Islamic State would want to murder the
most prominent exponent of Christianity, but in this the jihadis are
being short-sighted. Pope Francis and the Catholic Church are among
their best and most useful friends. Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of
Cairo’s al-Azhar, thanked Pope Francis for his “defense of Islam against
the accusation of violence and terrorism.”
Francis is not just a defender of Islam, but a defender of the Sharia
death penalty for blasphemy: after Islamic jihadists murdered the
Charlie Hebdo cartoonists who had drawn Muhammad, Francis obliquely justified the murders
by saying that “it is true that you must not react violently, but
although we are good friends if [an aide] says a curse word against my
mother, he can expect a punch, it’s normal. You can’t make a toy out of
the religions of others. These people provoke and then (something can
happen). In freedom of expression there are limits.”So for the Pope, murdering people for violating Sharia blasphemy laws is “normal,” and it isn’t terrorism for “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist,” he said in a speech. “There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions—and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia.”
So there is no Islamic terrorism, but if you engage in “intolerant generalizations,” you can “expect a punch.” The Pope, like the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, apparently thinks that the problem is not jihad terror, but non-Muslims talking about jihad terror; Muslims would be peaceful if non-Muslims would simply censor themselves and self-impose Sharia blasphemy restrictions regarding criticism of Islam.
For Pope Francis has no patience with those who discuss such matters: “I don’t like to talk about Islamic violence, because every day, when I read the newspaper, I see violence.” He said, according to Crux, that “when he reads the newspaper, he reads about an Italian who kills his fiancé or his mother in law.” The pontiff added: “They are baptized Catholics. They are violent Catholics.” He said that if he spoke about “Islamic violence,” then he would have to speak about “Catholic violence” as well.
That comparison made no sense, for Italian Catholics who killed their fiancés or mothers in law were not acting in accord with the teachings of their religion, while the Qur’an and Islamic teaching contain numerous exhortations to violence.
But Pope Francis, defender of Islam, cannot concern himself with such minutiae. Nor does he appear to be particularly concerned about the fact that all his false statements about the motivating ideology behind the massive Muslim persecution of Christians over the last few years only enables and abets that persecution, for if that ideology is not identified and confronted, it will continue to flourish.
“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
“ISIS in threat to assassinate POPE – ‘Don’t think you are safe from attack,'” by Alahna Kindred, Express, October 31, 2018:
AN ISIS-supporting media group has threatened to assassinate the Pope – a warning which has sparked fears of violence against the Vatican and Catholic Church.
Extremist media group Al-Abd Al-Faqir has twice issued threats within the last week in a push for violence during the upcoming Christmas holiday season.
The media group released online images threatening grenade attacks against the Pope.
In the most recent depiction, a photo of Pope Francis from his visit to Auschwitz in 2016 is used.
A gunman has his weapon pointed at the Pope with while wearing an ISIS wristband.
The text “Don’t think you are away from our attacks” in on the image.
Last year, another pro-ISIS group depicted a van full of weapons heading towards the Vatican and vowing “Christmas blood”.
Wafa Media foundation also released an image “beheading” Pope Francis and another one of a lone jihadist with a backpack, grenade and rile at St Peter’s Square.
The message on the image told jihadists that “the crusaders’ feast is approaching”.
It continued without punctuation: “Their convoys will crowd itself in front of you prepare and plan for them show them the meaning of terrorism kill them and do not hold back with your blood the reward is paradise and let them know that you are from an ummah [Muslim community] where mountains bow down to we will not forget our revenge for every drop of blood that they have shed we will not exclude the young, elderly or women you are all in the crosshairs of our arrows and what is about to come is more even worse.”…
