Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Allegedly Osama talks about a conspiracy involving the Pope in his latest video. Could this provoke a larger and more heated debate between Catholics and Muslims. Would Catholic leaders start to back the U.S. in their hunt to find Osama? I think Osama has done something very risky in mentioning the Pope, and is trying perhaps to provoke a clash of civilisations.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7306002.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Nono, he said "crusade", it was the Catholic bishop who was talking about the conspiracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Ah, right you are. Still, I think Osama is trying to incite a clash of civilisations, and is trying to provoke a response from the Catholics, which could be dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I don't know why you give attention to it, unlike His Holiness, bin Ladin has no authority to speak for Islam as a whole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatar Khan Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Catholics live in the areas of the world that are more prospereous and so less likely to become involved in religious fighting, or the areas (Latin America) from where they won't be able to do much of religious fighting and really they are too busy with problems closer to home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Northern Ireland springs to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I think Northern Ireland is more so a case of being "busy with problems closer to home". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatar Khan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 And I think that in Northern Ireland it was also mor eabout independence the fact that anti-British were mostly Catholic and pro-British were mostly Protestant would not make it that much of a religious war. However, I do not have a strong opinion in this matter and would gladly accept any arguments against above statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I concur, though I'm sure many would bring up ancient events regarding the burning of churches and all that. You'd be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 And I think that in Northern Ireland it was also mor eabout independence the fact that anti-British were mostly Catholic and pro-British were mostly Protestant would not make it that much of a religious war. However, I do not have a strong opinion in this matter and would gladly accept any arguments against above statement. The status of Ulster and relgion go hand in hand I'm afraid, you can't really separate one from the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnc95fan Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Well, recently NI has gone very quiet. You don't hear of any secterian violence, the I.R.A have disbanded, and there's a power-sharing government in place, and it's steady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner154 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 It's history, relevant or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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