Not right to label Islam as terrorists,Says pope Francis
Aboard the Papal plane the pope gave this message when going back to Rome from Poland .
Pope Francis on Sunday said he won't label Islam as"terrorist" because that would be unfair and not true.Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him home after a pilgrimage to Poland thatbegan the day after extremists slit the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Massin a French church, asked him why he never uses the world "Islam" to describe terrorism or other violence.While in Poland, Francis made an unscheduled stop at a church in Krakow toimplore God to protect people from the"devastating wave" of terrorism in many part of the world.Francis replied that "it's not right to identify Islam with violence. It's not right and it's not true."He added: "I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group.""I don't like to talk of Islamic violence because every day, when I go through the newspapers, I see violence, this man who girls his girlfriend, another who kills his mother-in-law," Francis said, in apparent reference to crime news in the predominantly Catholic country of Italy."And these are baptized Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence."Noting he has spoken with imams, he concluded: "I know how they think, they are looking for peace."As for the Islamic State group, he said it"presents itself with a violent identity card, but that's not Islam."Recently the muslim faithfuls gathered with the Christians when a priest was killed by jihadist.
Muslim worshippers gather in front of the memorial at St Etienne cchurch,in s St Etienne -due Rouvray Normandy,France.July 29th 2016
Muslims attended a Catholic Mass in places of worship across France and Italy Sunday in a show of solidarity ,just days after the horrendous jihadist murder of a Catholic priest.Over a number of 100 Muslims joined about 2,000 people in the 11th century Gothic cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen, near the Normandy town where two teenagers slitthe throat of 85-year-old Jacques Hamel and took others hostage before they were shot dead by police. The attackers had claimed allegiance to Islamic State, according to video released by the militant group.Rouen Archbishop DominiqueLebrun thanked the Muslim worshippers "in the name of all Christians," adding, "In this way you are affirming that youreject death and violence in the name of God."
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