Islam and Christianity have enough to worry about; God is the least

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When Benedict XVI became the Pope, interesting times were predicted. He isn’t letting us down either: With a million things to worry about, he chose to refer to the 14th century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus during his speech at the University of Regensburg in Germany. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, the Pope, quoted Paleologus’s conversation where he had called the teachings of Prophet Mohammad as “evil and inhuman.” Predictably, the Muslim world didn’t let us down either. They protested like they were looking for a chance to. What is of interest is that the highest of- fice at the Vatican chose to use such words at a time of intense conflict and suspicion between the West and the Islamic world.

For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has had a significant authority over the lives and actions of Christians. Before Renaissance, the church imposed its authority over almost everything a Christian did. It is this influence and the subsequent fear of loss that seems to be pushing the successors of the Holy Roman Empire to stimulate and administer the crusades against its old-new rival – Islam.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006, Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative