Monday 8 August 2016

On Islam and violence, Pope + Patriarch = Full Story - Crux

In a major address on Wednesday, Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan of the Syriac Catholic Church said that while the Qur'an does contain verses that speak of peace, it also has others that clearly endorse violence, and that when young men are required to memorize those passages in Islamic schools, "it won't be easy to prevent them from becoming terrorists or killers."