Allam sounds like a decent and reasonable man.
Would it be an act of intolerance and fanaticism to pray and hope that such a man might someday convert to Christianity, perhaps even to Catholicism?
It would not even be an act of intolerance or fanaticism, I think, to pray and hope that such a man might avoid being assassinated by Muslim fanatics for publishing such a reasonable op-ed piece in the public newsmedia, defending the Pope's reasonableness and denouncing Islamic fanaticism. This is a courageous man. It is doubtless the likes of this man that the logic of the Pope's speech was intended to reach.
These are fine words, must have required a substantial amount of personal courage to be spoken. But Allam is no more typical of Islam than Leif Erickson. As a matter of fact, as a Viking marauder and murderer, Erickson is probably MORE typical.
"Islam is a great religion, and a peaceful religion" -- George W. Bush. If Benedict has said that his critique of modern jihadism as an unacceptable method and a betrayal of Islam would have been more effective.
What did you mean? I can't scan your sentence to figure out what it intended to say. As it stands, it lacks coherence and English grammar.
If Benedict had said that, his critique of modern jihadism as an unacceptable method, and a betrayal of Islam, would have been more effective.
Father:
How could the Pope say that Islam is a great religion?
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