Nov 09 2007

More Pope Benedict & King Abdullah……

Published by N_Jones at 1:09 pm under Editorials

Since I posted about this the other day, I thought I’d post this piece The King, the Pope, And the Sword

It seems the sword given to the Pope by King Abdullah could have some significance.

The King, the Pope, And the Sword

By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
November 8, 2007

Saudi Arabia’s king visited the pope at the Vatican this week, and the leader of Catholicism expressed grief over the draconian discrimination experienced by Christian minorities in some Muslim lands.

During the unprecedented and historic encounter, Benedict XVI gave the Saudi monarch an old painting of the Vatican. The king’s gift to the pontiff: a sword.

As a gift from from a leading Islamic fundamentalist nation, a sword is about as clear a symbol of intolerance as there can be; and indeed, swords are used for public decapitations in Saudi Arabia on Fridays. The U.S. State Department’s yearly human rights report cites Saudi Arabia for bigotry toward non-Muslims, including “harassment, abuse, and even killings at the hands of the Muttawa (religious police).”

Hat Tip: Steve Quayle’s World

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