The Pope on Mohammad

Saturday, September 16, 2006
The Pope on Mohammad
The Pope in quoting a 14th century king to say that Mohammad brought nothing to the world except violence is a bit unfair not because the facts may be wrong but because the Pope, being who he is, ought to have been courageous enough to speak up for himself. Actually, he would find it difficult to accuse Mohammad of violence because the same violence was the hallmark of the Church too in its long history – violence in the name of religion. Jesus’ position is of course different. Jesus has epitomised peace with his “offer the left cheek if smote on the right” etc. but Churches of all denominations have caricatured the teachings of Jesus as put forth in the Gospel of the Mount, for instance, and stood for the very evil the Pope is accusing Mohammad of having represented.

Neither Islam nor Christianity is in a position to talk about peace and love unless the former rejects the dogmatic interpretation of Islam that has been in vogue throughout its history and takes on the spirit of the Sufis and the later abandons the Churches and takes on the spirit of Jesus Christ of the Mount (sermon). These represent the quintessential spirit of Vedanta.


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