Islamic Leaders Demand Apology for Crusades
Charles Johnson
Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 1:51 pm PST • Views: 472
Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, the highest Sunni Muslim institution in the world (where the Grand Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi has gone on record many times praising suicide bombers, and where the Islamic Ruling Committee has called for Islamic nations to acquire nuclear weapons), now demands an apology from the Pope—for the Crusades.
Egyptian highest religious authority Al-Azhar has requested the Vatican to present official apologies on Christian crusades carried out against Muslims seven centuries ago.
Sheikh Fawzi Zafzaf, President of the Interfaith Dialogue Committee of Al-Azhar, said during a press conference that his committee has sent a request to the Pope last February, demanding an official apology on Christian crusades against the Muslim world, following the example of the Jews.
The principle of demanding apology from the Vatican germinated following Pope Jean Paul II’s visit to Syria and Egypt a few years ago, and the apologies the Catholic Church presented to the Jewish and some other Christian doctrines, explained Sheikh Zafzaf. “Al-Azhar is only asking for a similar treatment,” he added.
The Vatican’s ambassador to Egypt has abstained from commenting, saying that Al-Azhar’s request is now being considered by the Holy See.
TigerHawk wants an apology from Mohammed for the expansionist Islamic wars of conquest that made the Crusades necessary.
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