By Sher Zieve – Still violently reacting to Pope Benedict XVI having quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor’s comments about Islam, Muslims are now calling for an all-out war against Christians. Muslims and Islamic-run governments worldwide have condemned Pope Benedict for quoting the emperor’s negative comments about Islam. Muslims have also been angered by the pope’s condemnation of the violent Muslim “holy” war—jihad.

Now, the Mujahideen Shura Council has issued the statement: “"We shall break the cross and spill the wine! God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. (May) God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahedeen!" After Pope Benedict XVI had said he regretted the [Muslim] reaction to his statements, al Qaeda in Iraq called for a war against "worshippers of the cross".

Burning German, Israeli and US flags and an effigy of the pope, protestors demonstrated in Basra chanting: "No to aggression! We gagged the Pope!”

At least 7 Christian Churches have, thus far, been burned and a Somalian nun was shot to death in this latest Muslim violence. Muslim violence is said to be growing.


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UPDATE: Another identified terrorist group, Ansar al-Sunnah, also threatened Christians with: "You will only see our swords until you go back to God’s true faith Islam!" It also called the pope "Satan’s hellhound in the Vatican".

Other Muslim groups are reported to have threatened to bomb St. Peters Cathedral in Rome.

Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei said that the pope's comments were only "links in the chain" of a US-Israeli conspiracy.