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Entry: Pope Benedict XVI and Islam: Allah the Irrational Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/pope_benedict_xvi_and_islam_allah_the_irrational#1874 Post contents: Response to Michael Morris: 1400 year agos slavery was a central pillar of most economies at the time. Islam made it illegal for a muslim to enslave another muslim. Muslims were exhorted to free existing slaves as a path to salvation. They were advised that slaves have souls and are your equals as human beings, and must be treated with kindness and compassion. The first call to prayer in the first muslim mosque built by the Prophet, and from the roof of the Ka'ba was recited by a freed slave by the name of Bilal. This was a giant leap for a society where slavery had been a central pillar. The intent to phase out slavery is clear to any fair minded rational person. It was still permitted to hold captives in war, and non-muslims with the afore mentioned exhortations to free them for your own salvation. What was the Pope doing at the time? Your comment is a diversion from the central question today: What has the Pope said recently about the over 2 million Iraqis slaughtered, starved to death and poisoned by the neocon President of the US? The 4 million refugees? What did the Pope say when 6 million Jews were being gased? The Popes' Pontifications at this time that my God is better than your Allah is not only a lie, because God is Allah, it serves the same purpose as Mein Kampf did for the Nazis. Isn't his pontification designed to Sent at: 2008 11 22