What Pope Francis Needs to Know about Islam (David Wood)

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Pope Francis was recently asked about violence in Islam. The Pope replied:

“I don’t like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy… this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law… and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics! If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence … and no, not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there’s everything. There ARE violent persons of this religion… this is true: I believe that in pretty much every religion there is always a small group of fundamentalists. Fundamentalists. We have them. When fundamentalism comes to kill, it can kill with the language — the Apostle James says this, not me — and even with a knife, no? I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not right or true.”

Is this a fair response? In this video, David Wood examines an important difference between violence in Catholicism and violence in Islam.

Link to Pope Francis’s full remarks: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-pope-francis-in-flight-presser-from-poland-70432/

For more on jihad, be sure to watch these videos by David Wood:

“Three Stages of Jihad”:
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“The Jihad Triangle”:
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“The Qur’an and the Siege of Paris”:
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“Top Ten Qur’an Verses for Understanding ISIS”
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“Three Questions for Moderate Muslims”:
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“Is the Qur’an a Book of Peace?”
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