Christianity vs. Islam. It's on.

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger across the Muslim world.

"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the Pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya," said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda.

"We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.

It was posted on Sunday on an Internet site often used by al Qaeda and other militant groups.

Pope Benedict said on Sunday he was deeply sorry Muslims had been offended by his use of a Mediaeval quotation on Islam and violence. The remarks outraged Muslims and triggered protests and attacks on churches in several Arab towns.Another militant group in Iraq, Ansar al-Sunnah, also vowed to fight Christians in retaliation.

"You will only see our swords until you go back to God's true faith Islam," it said in a separate Internet statement.Al Qaeda in Iraq and other militant groups have staged suicide bombings and killings of foreign forces and members of the U.S.-allied government and security forces. (via Little Green Footballs)

UPDATE:

Al Qaeda in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam. (From Fox News)

Me: The whole situation would be funny if it weren't so tragic.

Killing an elderly nun and bombing churches isn't really the most effective way to show the Pope that your prophet and religion aren't violent.

HOWEVER...

Tt's truly laughable that this German Pope would point his shriveled finger at any other faith as Catholicism, by far, has more blood on it's hands than any other religion.
















HOWEVER...

the Catholics are no longer murdering and torturing. They do not blow up pizzerias, shoot up schools or suicide bomb. Something to think about.

See Daled Amos' post: The 123 Israeli Children Killed by Palestinian Terrorists