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| 2008-03-25 |
| A self-described revolution in world affairs has begun in the heart of one man. He is the Italian journalist and author Magdi Cristiano Allam, whom Pope Benedict XVI baptized during the Easter Vigil at St Peter's. Allam's renunciation of Islam as a religion of violence and his embrace of Christianity denotes the point at which the so-called global "war on terror" becomes a divergence of two irreconcilable modes of life: the Western way of faith supported by reason, against the Muslim world of fatalism and submission. As Magdi Allam recounted , on his road to conversion the challenge that Pope Benedict XVI offered to Islam in his |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #8 Anyone recall what Ann Coulter said? Two down, one to go. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Jush7795 2008-03-25 20:57 |
| #7 One might almost think there had been divine intervention. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-25 20:57 |
| #6 Funny how we have gotten the right Pope for the times in John Paul (Poland, Communism) and Benedict (Islam, humanism). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-25 19:37 |
| #5 ... they *have* to convert to Christianity, so they can say they are *not* Muslims. More / faster please. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-03-25 11:56 |
| #4 This guy has balls the size of MAC trucks. Good for him. Spit in the eye of evil. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-25 11:54 |
| #3 After any contact with pisslam, a soul needs a spiritual shower. Baptism is highly recommended... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-03-25 11:05 |
| #2 Ironically, it is not the attraction of Christianity that is causing conversions, but the revulsion of Islam. It is not enough to just stop practicing Islam. For many, they *have* to convert to Christianity, so they can say they are *not* Muslims. Christianity, for them, is sanctuary from not just Islam, but Islamic culture, primitivism, and barbarity. They want to belong to the modern world, not some pathetic and dying throwback that cannot advance into the future. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-25 10:20 |
| #1 This is one brave fella. He knows he has a big target on his back. Being confirmed and Baptized by the Pope yet. Meanwhile, the Magic Man has no such fears. He declares he's an apostate also. A confirmed Christian, yet he has no fears. Muzz support him. They write advice columns to Americans counseling what a good choice he would be. No threats to him at all. No death squads on his tail like Rushdie. And, just when was his baptismal ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-03-25 09:29 |