The Changing Face of Islamic Terrorism By Onyiorah Chiduluemije Paschal “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by sword the faith he preached” – Manuel 11 Palaeologus. The above words ascribed to Byzantine Emperor Manuel Palaeologus as contained in the Seventh Conversation edited by Professor Koury and which eventually won the attention of His Holiness Benedict xvi as captured in his famous Regensburg Address delivered on September 12, 2006, clearly portray the unmistakable correlation the religion of Islam may be sharing with extremism that can as well be classified in some way or to some degree as terrorism – which at times is mildly disguised, depicted or referred to as Jihad/holy war. Just like Muslim scholars are inclined to emphasize, Pope Benedict xvi himself did in fact acknowledge in his foregoing treatise that even “ the emperor ... Follow the link to read more globalreportersvienna/2014/04/the-changing-face-of-islamic-terrorism.html
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