Isn’t anyone going to defend the pope?
By Marshall Frank
They’re at it again. Once again, the world is held hostage as Christians pray for their lives and nations shutter at the prospect of chaos everywhere, all at the whim of the religion of peace.
The pope has cowered in the face of violent upheaval as he apologizes for daring to offend Islam, all because he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who wrote that everything that Mohammad brought was evil and inhuman such as “his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”
Just as with the Danish cartoons from 2005, radical Muslims around the globe are rattling their sabers intimidating, quite successfully, entire nations including the U.S., and the world of Christianity. As this article is written, a Catholic nun has already been brutally murdered in Somalia, demonstrations by angry Muslims have erupted all over the world, and one London-based Arab language newspaper editorial reads, “the pope’s comments may lead to war.” While we all cower, has anyone asked, “Was it true? Did Mohammad spread by the sword, the faith he preached? Does truth matter?”
One only has to study any of the many biographies out there about the revered prophet to learn the truth. Far more has been written and documented about the life of Mohammad than that of Jesus, or any other major figure of Biblical times. Trouble is, people won’t bother. Heads are so far buried in the sand, no one wants to know.
In my view, the most glaring problem among the free people of the world is the fear that we demonstrate, backing down, apologizing, rationalizing and acquiescing every time radical Islamics go on a rampage. The more fear we show, the more emboldened they become. Where are the world leaders? Why aren’t they leading? Where is one leader that has the cajones to come forward and defend the pope, if not for his comments, at the very least his right to utter whatever he wishes in the name of his faith.
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They are nowhere. They are hiding like cowards, in fear of criticism and retaliation by the religion of peace. The leaders of the free world, who readily send their nation’s youngsters off to fight battles for freedom, haven’t the guts to stand shoulder to shoulder with all other leaders of the free world, and say, with courage and determination, “Enough already. We, the people of the free world, have the right to free expression and thought, even when we may be in error. And we will no longer tolerate threats, violence, intimidation and mass murder at the hands of radicals who viciously impose their brand of religion upon innocent victims.” Where are you Mr. Putin, Mr. Blair, Mr. Chirac and Mr. Bush?
This is a great example of how terror ultimately wins. Freedom loses.
When bands of Muslims youths throughout France burned thousands of automobiles in the fall of 2005, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talai didn’t like the way Fox News was portraying the rioters. One phone call to the head of News Corporation (parent company of Fox News) and the news tone was altered to portray the rioters, not as Muslim radicals, but as poor unemployed and disenfranchised French youth. The prince, incidentally, had recently purchased 5.46 percent of Fox News.
When the world of Muslim radicals rioted in February 2006, five months after the Danish cartoon portrayal of Mohammad, I had hoped our president — and other world leaders — would stand up and defend the publication’s right of free press and free expression. Mr. Bush stood before the world and proclaimed, “With freedom comes the responsibility to be thoughtful of others.” Score one for the intimidators.
Former President Clinton wimped even further. Speaking to an Arab audience in Qatar — rather than condemning the barbaric acts of violence — he said, “... this appalling example in Denmark, these totally outrageous cartoons against Islam.” As the ex-president slammed the newspaper and cuddled up to the bullies of Islam, he should have opened a newspaper rack outside the hotel, where cartoons of Jews are routinely depicted as grotesque and hideous on a daily basis, all over the Arab world.
At least the pope doesn’t condone terror and killing. Religious leaders throughout the Muslim world are advocating violent upheaval and support of murder in the name of their religion, and do so with impunity. The world cannot permit barbarians who are born and raised in a closed 7th century mentality to dictate what can and cannot be published, or uttered, in free societies.
I fear this is all but a beginning, not an end. In my lifetime, the impact of radical Islam upon the free world has risen drastically, from obscurity to prominence on a daily basis. What will be of the next 50 years? What will our children’s children live under? Murder, mayhem and intimidation is changing the world. It has infested the fabric of all nations, yet the best and only response from world leaders has been to attack with guns and tanks in a Mideast country, and then give sanction to the purveyors of hate within the borders of our nation, cloaked in protections of the constitution they intend on destroying.
Madrid, London, New York, Bali, Sudan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Israel, Iran, France, Algeria, and so on. Worldwide violence and terror has one common denominator: Islamic Fascism. If we can’t even come to the defense of the pope, the free world has much more to fear in coming generations.
(Marshall Frank is a retired Miami-Dade homicide detective and a writer. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..)
