“Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi of Qom wrote in a letter to the Pope: ‘I am really delighted to have heard your comments during your last trip to Poland in which you stated “Islam is not equal to terrorism” and further dismissed the association of violence and harshness with any and all divinely-sent religions.'”
Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi of Qom must know better. He must know that the Qur’an and Sunnah teach warfare against unbelievers, as I demonstrate here and in many other places. He is thanking the Pope for furthering what he must know are false statements that keep people ignorant and complacent about the jihad threat. He is, in effect, thanking the Pope for being a tool of the global jihad.
“Top Muslim cleric praises Pope Francis for saying it is wrong to identify Islam with violence,” by Carey Lodge, Christian Today, August 23, 2016:
A top Iranian religious leader has praised Pope Francis for saying it is wrong to identify Islam with violence.
Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi of Qom wrote in a letter to the Pope: “I am really delighted to have heard your comments during your last trip to Poland in which you stated ‘Islam is not equal to terrorism’ and further dismissed the association of violence and harshness with any and all divinely-sent religions.
“Your wise and logical stance regarding Islam in disassociating the religion from the inhumane actions and atrocities of the Takfiri groups such as Daesh is truly admirable.”
Pope Francis told reporters on his plane back from Poland last month: “I think it is not right to identity Islam with violence. This is not right and this is not true.”
He was speaking following the murder of Father Jacques Hamel, an 85-year-old Catholic priest in Rouen, France, in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State.
“I think that in nearly all religions there is a always a small fundamentalist group,” the Pope said. “I don’t like to talk about Islamic violence because every day when I look at the papers I see violence here in Italy – someone killing his girlfriend, someone killing his mother-in-law. These are baptised Catholics.
“If I speak of Islamic violence, I have to speak of Catholic violence. Not all Muslims are violent.”
In his letter, Shirazi said that “such barbaric acts have nothing to do with divinely-sent religions and their various schools of thought. Rather, they originate from the inferior materialistic objectives of some corrupt superpowers who seek nothing but to obtain more illegitimate wealth.”…

Benedict says
The Pope is an idiot. He should speak about violence in Italy and also about Islamic violence. Since both are incidents that are taking place, to show that Islamic violence does not exist, he turns a blind eye to the Italian violence. This is not right. The Pope should tell like it is
Infidel lives matter says
I don’t believe for one second that he’s an idiot. He knows he’s lying. We must stop calling people idiots when they are in fact evil.
blitz2b says
The third option would be a coward…. ISIS has threatened to behead him so he tries to appease Muslims by exonerating Islam.
gravenimage says
This is willful naivité, which is a lot more ingrained than simple ignorance.
Douglas Brown says
Be more precise. The Pope is a false pope, a deceiver, a liar, a man not exhibiting anything remotely close to Biblical Catholicism. Let’s tell it like it is, given the hour we are living in, this pope is clearly the false prophet spoken of in the Book of Revelation. An emissary of Satan in white. He is destroying the Roman Catholic Church, much like President Obama is destroying the United States of America. By the time people wake up it may well be too late.
harbidoll says
worse, they threatened the Vatican itself. Hes just 1 more pope but there is only 1 Vatican & most Catholic believe the Church wont survive without the Building.
Shane says
This dhimmi, Communist Pope is actually aiding the enemies of Christianity by calling for Europe and North America to take in millions of muslims. He should be impeached ASAP and forced to retire. He is a traitor to Christianity.
Yvonne Tierney says
Yes I agree with you, he is deranged. I WISH the Catholics would stand up an distance themselves from him.
Guy Macher says
Amen!
Champ says
“The Pope is an idiot.”
Indeed!!!!!
And I can’t think of anything more horrifying than receiving *praise* from a muslim cleric–ANY muslim cleric. I would instantly think ..’Lord I have sinned what have I done wrong to receive sickening *praise* from a ..muslim cleric?!’ Hey fat chance that will ever happen, just sayin’ …
Of course the wrongheaded pope finds pleasure in his praise but instead we all want to puke.
Carolyne says
When a baptized Catholic Italian kills his mother-in-law or his girlfriend, he is not acting on the instructions of his religion. Certainly the Catholic bible does not demand that certain people be killed as the Quran does. It is done despite Catholic teachings, not because of them. In fact, a Catholic person who commits murder does not believe this will make him go to heaven, but quite the opposite, as his religion teaches him. In Islam, murdering certain people such as non-Muslims will send you directly to Muslim heaven with all its 72 virgins and young boys like pearls.
I am not a Catholic. I am an Atheist, but I know the doctrine of Christianity and the doctrine of Islam. As different as night from day. Apparently the Pope of Rome doesn’t.
Angemon says
Remember the time when Popes stuck to their religion instead of pontificating about other religions?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
It’s a love fest, love going all around. A whole lotta people are gonna die because of love of this nature. The hard leftist band Clash did a famous song called London’s Calling, it was awesome. This time it’s gonna be Tel Aviv’s Calling. And that’s just for starters.
Jerry says
That’s right, all we gotta do is love muslims like Lynch says. That’s the best way to overcome a murderous ideology and people. Jeez, everyone knows all the “world needs now is love, sweet love” !!!
Get groovy man, start loving your enemy. Before they cut your head off.
Carolyne says
Gonna go love me a Muslim. Oh wait; no I’m not.
WTF says
iSSlam is as peaceful as the nzis. Almost funny but then I recall all the people slaughtered because of this evil cult
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
You are right. Islam and Naziism are nearly 1 in the same. They are both fascist, supremacist, Jew-hating ideologies. The difference is the Nazis were localized, and short lived. Islam has been around for 1400 years, and about 1 in 5 people on the planet are followers. Hitler was the JV team. Now we have to deal with the professionals.
Jake Holan says
Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shiraz is a Master Expert at Taqiyya. The Pope continues to role play the Jester found in a ‘Jack in the Box’ popping his head out to say some dribble when Islam reaveals itself through an act of terror.
John Marst says
What’s not for an Islamist to love about Pope Dhimmi the First, Defender of the (Islamic) Faith.
duh swami says
A top Iranian religious leader has praised Pope Francis for saying it is wrong to identify Islam with violence.
There are only 2 Quras, the authorized version and the ‘perverted’ version that Rasool O talks so much about…A proper reading discovers they both call for violence…
Jerry says
Of course this taqiyya talking bast*rd is “delighted,” he’s got the leader of the Christian faith lying for him. This is like a “john” lying for the hooker who’s trying to rob him.
““I think it is not right to identity Islam with violence. ” The pope.
No, you’re wrong, it is right, it’s moral, and it’s truthful. The whole world knows about the violence in islamic doctrine, the fact that it’s taught as sacred truth and that muslims are murdering and warring out of duty to that call to violence.
The pope could have been a leader for humanity by speaking against islam’s ideology of bigotry and murder but decided to take the cowardly approach and abandon human rights to appease the muslim beast. He’s a traitor to his faith and good morals where we needed him most. A priest was just murdered at the altar, you’d think he’d be more sensitive to the obvious, bloody contradiction. Francis is supposed to be the mouthpiece for god in matter’s of spirituality and human love. Instead he has become a caricature for spiritual insipidity and moral weakness. We JW fans have more moral sense and understanding of islam than does the pope. Why? Because we listen to Spencer, that’s why.
Jerry says
We can’t let muslims get us down. Take a break and laugh at islam’s murderous hatred for mankind. Let’s be honest, ignorance can be funny and islam is surely ignorant.
(Okay, back to business)
gravenimage says
Always good stuff! Islam should be mocked at every turn.
Carolyne says
Absolutely hilarious.
utis says
Christians in the Middle East are hostages in their own lands. If Western Christians get too critical, the muslims will just start slicing and burning the easiest victims at hand. Western clergy probably have this excuse to stay silent at the back of their minds. The pope and other Western clergy probably go to bed at night praising themselves for “helping” the Christian hell to continue.
gravenimage says
utis wrote:
Christians in the Middle East are hostages in their own lands. If Western Christians get too critical, the muslims will just start slicing and burning the easiest victims at hand.
………………………..
Were this the main motive, utis, they could just stay silent. Moreover, importing large numbers of Muslims while often ignoring threatened Christians does nothing to help.
Kay says
“any and all divinely sent religions”
With this phrase (and in association with the Pope, taking that as an endorsement),
he gives legitimacy to the false prophet and evil spirits of Mohammedism.
How many will fall for it without even seeing or acknowledging that assumption of being divinely sent? The Pope, seen as a leader, is leading many astray. He should rather speak in psalms and hymns and praise to God.
@ Pope Francis
Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
duh swami says
‘The Ministry of Peace Wages War’…I read that somewhere…
Wellington says
Funny as usual, duh swami.
Walter Sieruk says
Something must be very wrong with pope Francis. One sold proof of this is that Ayatollah Shiraz praised him . To receive praise from that character isn’t really a complement. The pope needs to have a reality check. For all those Islamic terror attacks around the world are ,indeed, Islamic. That is those murderous jihad attacks are ,very much based on religion. The religion of Islam For Islam’s “holy book” the Qur ‘an [the Koran] instructs on the uses of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam. As found in ,for example 2:191. 4:89. 5:33. 9:5,111,123. 47:4. Furthermore, it may be illustrated that if Islam is represented as a tree then the fruits then the fruits of that tree are the many brutal, violent and deadly jihad terror entities. Such as ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, al Shabaab , Hamas, Hezbollah, P.I.J. etc. With this statement, the Wisdom of the teachings of Jesus may, very much, apply to this subject. For Jesus taught “Ye do know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” After saying this Jesus told them what He told them when He said “By their fruit ye shall know them.” Matthew 7:16, 17, 18,.20. [K.J.V.] In conclusion, Islam is a corrupt tree and also a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. 5:12,13,20.
Walter Sieruk says
First,Tte pope needs to be honest and not fear Muslim wrath and speak the true about Islam . Second All people who profess to be Christians should looking into the Bible .If they do the find the the Bible teaches the Christians not be naive and gullible and believe even claim the someone might make.about something. For the Bible teaches in Proverbs 15: 15 “A simple man believes every word he hears; a clever man understands the need of proof.” [NEB]. Likewise, It’s a good idea not to take at face value the claim that the word Islam means “peace.” For example, the ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY copyright 1999 defines Islam as “submission” based on the word “aslama” meaning “he surrendered.” Given the definition it’s an odd phenomenon that after about fourteen hundred years starting on September 12, 2001 the meaning changed from “submission” to “peace.” It’s very well known that if the police are questioning someone and he changes his story something is wrong. Nevertheless, when it comes to Islam no one gets suspicious of the change. The jihadists brag that they will win the war against the West by using the Western ignorance and naive gullible mindset on the subject of Islam against us. It seems that they do have some basis in that claim since so many Westerners are beguiled by the Muslim disinformation campaign.
Champ says
Indeed–great comment, Walter!
Jay Boo says
I must give this cleric his fair credit.
These Grand Ayatollah towel heads are beginning to resemble one another, but this guy really knows how to wrap his flamboyant white towel with pizazz.
Mockingjay says
Pizazz…!
Like it!
miriamrove says
The Pope is a dhimmi. Did he ask this cleric:
Why do you kill the Bahais and deny them voting, military, and education? Islam is peaceful?
Why the Iranian Sunnis being marginalized? Peaceful.
Why Iranian Sunnis are not allowed to name their kids such as Omar,Aisha.etc? Peaceful
Why the Jews are marginalized and always kept under suspicion? Peaceful
Why the Iranian Muslims are not allowed in any Christians church for fear of being converted. Peaceful.
Why did they hang around 1000 people last year on trumped up charges? Peaceful.
I can go on and on…m
John A. Marre says
The current occupant of the Chair of Peter is selling Christianity to the Muslims out of a misguided belief that Islam is wonderful, because it is one of the three great monotheistic religions.
ali bey says
People who kill out of gender violence in Italy and Christian countries don,t shout “God is great” when commiting the act and they don,t do it randomly. So there is a basic difference that the Pope knows very well, and he is not idiot, he just tries
that we look as idiots thinking that the words coming from a man that has been called Infalible are true
gravenimage says
“Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi of Qom wrote in a letter to the Pope: ‘I am really delighted to have heard your comments during your last trip to Poland in which you stated “Islam is not equal to terrorism” and further dismissed the association of violence and harshness with any and all divinely-sent religions.’”
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Yes, because there is nothing violent or harsh about torturing atheists, hanging gay people, and stoning women to death.
In fact, the whole vicious Shari’ah state of Iran is violent and harsh in the extreme–and, as importantly, is violent and harsh in the name of Islam.
And does the pontiff realize that the Ayatollah does not consider Christianity a “divinely-sent religion”, but holds that it, along with Judaism, was “corrupted”? The reference to “divinely-sent religions” in the plural is especially perverse, because this refers to a mythical Judaism and Christianity that once existed and was identical to Islam.
More:
In his letter, Shirazi said that “such barbaric acts have nothing to do with divinely-sent religions and their various schools of thought. Rather, they originate from the inferior materialistic objectives of some corrupt superpowers who seek nothing but to obtain more illegitimate wealth.”…
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“Some corrupt superpowers”–what is Shirazi referring to here? No part of the Muslim world, that’s for sure–instead, this is a reference to the United States, Britain, Israel, and the rest of the West.
In other words, the “barbaric acts” he is referring to are any actions to defend against Jihad terrorism, not Jihad terror itself.
Will Pope Francis grasp any of this? Probably not.
Jay Boo says
Just another Muzzie humping Allah like MO did.
Squeal like a pig, Allah.
jewdog says
Re the Pope’s statements on Islam: From the Talmud: Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind”.
Mockingjay says
Wise, wise words from the Talmud.
gravenimage says
Absolutely, Jewdog.
There is also:
”Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them…We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”
–Karl Popper
WorkingClassPost says
It’s shameful what these ayottolas will say, just to get a free foot-spa.
This one’s gotta be worth a little kiss on the tootsie’s too.
Mockingjay says
Well –
if you get to the point where you are being praised by one of the big men that created – and control – one of the most repressive and human-rights-offending regimes on the face of the earth, it would certainly be a good time to start questioning yourself and the convictions you hold that evoked such praise.
Not that I think pope Francis actually will.
Mockingjay says
Oh –
Almost missed the last sentence there:
“Rather, they originate from the inferior materialistic objectives of some corrupt superpowers who seek nothing but to obtain more illegitimate wealth.”…
– He’s saying all muslim violence is really America’s fault !
Who would’ve thought an iranian mullah would say that ?
gravenimage says
Yes–that’s *exactly* what he’s saying.
Mockingjay says
Yeah – just saw you already made the same point further above!
David WS says
he’s stuck in an Argentinian manner of thinking. No worries. Speaking off the cuff on an airplane is speaking off the cuff on an airplane.
Carolyne says
He doesn’t have a cuff. He wears a dress.
David WS says
“Shirazi said that “such barbaric acts have nothing to do with divinely-sent religions and their various schools of thought. Rather, they originate from the inferior materialistic objectives of some corrupt superpowers who seek nothing but to obtain more illegitimate wealth.”…”
FULL STOP!
It is not logically possible for Islam to be a Divinely sent religion AND for either Judaism or Christianity to be Also.
It also not logically possible for Islam to be a TRUE THIRD Abraham-ic religion.
My God, a man with half a brain could figure this out.
“Materialistic corrupt superpowers.. ” Bull sh–
The pope is the Pope, but we are not bound to take what he says as FULL TRUTH, unless:
1. It’s a matter of “Christian” Faith and/or Morals.
2. AND, this is important, the Holy Father specifically calls all the Faithful, seriously, deliberately to believe a Truth, which has been debated openly by the Bishops which is a matter of “Christian” Faith and Morals. ISLAM IS NONE OF THAT, AND THE POPE HAS NOT MADE ANY SERIOUS CALL ON THIS.
Ah, I feel like we are without a rudder, but no need to worry, the storm rages, yet HE IS RISEN, ALIVE, AND PEACEFULLY ASLEEP, WE SHOULD BE TOO.
peace..
Paul Clark says
My Lord tells me not to call a man a fool. Thus Pope Francis I will not call you what you may well be. However, you are without a doubt a stupid, socialist and not unlike Obama will do great damage to Christianity and the free world.
citycat says
“I am really delighted to have heard ….”
that you have surrendered.
“and dismissed the association of violence with any and all divinely sent religions”
all of which have committed unmentionable atrocities since their birth.
He’s a despicable liar.
Sounds like they are conspiring to destroy Earth’s civilization between them.
They’re a pair of unmentionables.
It seems like things are heading towards civil war.
“illegitimate wealth”? According to whom?
Experts in twisted truths.
It’s just going on and on and on, and a lot of infidels refuse to even look at the mess, until it is upon them personally.
Absolute madness, total ignorance, ostriches all, humanity can’t even wake up to take a look, except for what seems like nowhere near enough of infidels, particularly in the west, and pretty badly in Engeland, not sure of America.
The Hindus seem to perfectly understand what Islam is about.
Why are westerners being hoodwinked, because they can i suppose. But the pope is more close and should know better.
Mari Forever says
I’m inclined to believe that the Pope himself was practicing “taqqya” by saying what he said about Islam being peaceful. He knows exactly what Islam was about but at the same time, he was trying to protect Christians who live in Muslim territory. Imagine if he had come out against Islam and criticised it ? I think he was wrong to compare “catholic violence” to muslim violence and voice that, but I believe if he had come out harsh about them, he’d have made the lives of those christians very difficult.
The Pope is a Jesuit and Jesuits are also known for their liberal leanings and it’s unfortunately those liberals who are unsuspectingly non-suspicious of what Islam is really trying to do… that is, trying to conquer the West.
Mr. Spencer, I’ve bought several of your books, and I love them. You give a good analysis in all of them about this religion which must irate a lot of Muslims because of the truth in your books. I’ve always been very curious about this religion since having lived 10 years in Muslim countries. Believe it or not, learning more and more about this religion has strengthened my faith in Christianity, especially all the untruths in their history with the intentions of legitimising their beliefs.
Continue the good work 🙂
ali bey says
Roma locuta causa finita.
Joe Wommack says
The Pope is WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has he NOT been informed PROPERLY ,or is the truth kept from him??
DVult says
Isn’t this the guy who teaches that urine, faeces, semen , dead bodies, blood, dogs, pigs, infidels, wine and beer are impure and cannot be touched? Quite strange considering he himself is an infidel but that is another story.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Why would the Christian God have promoted this obscenely supine obvious crime-pandering liar to be his Pope unless the Christian God was a liar and a lie Himself?
In the Old testament, God admitted He had deliberately created Evil:
Isaiah 45:7
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.”
Lying is a form of evil; therefore God created it; therefore He is a liar.
And even “only” making someone else (a devil) to attack people first, when you knew in advance that he would, is also evil.
Telling people to have false “Faith!” in something they KNOW can’t be proven, is to tell people that lying to them selves and to other people all the time is “moral.”
“Have Faith!”? NO. Have DOUBT. Doubt the lies; it’s the only way to succeed in life!
Manuele says
YEAH? WELL I SAY TO YOU THAT ISLAM IS ONE PILE OF DUNG THAT HAS STANK THE WORLD OVER FOR ITS MURDEROUS TEACHING.
Jake Holan says
Robert Spencer, Father Jacques Hamel is the Catholic Pope Francis will never be. Father Hamel knew all too well who he was dealing with with and called him out by name the Devil or Satan, not metaphorically! The Pope has more than once, more than twice more than 100 times proven that he has a screw lose and is delusional. This is not a question of Theological belief or faith. He believes Islam is not associated with Violence yet in the name of exporting their brand of Shiite Islam they an Proxy Army the Party of G-d to gain control of Lebanon and fight Israel to cleanse it of Jews. The Financially and with Military Weapons support it. Hezbollah has over 100,000 missiles aimed at Israel capable of hitting any place in the Land with sophisticated targeting. All this effort is in the name of Islam according to the Quran that no land once held by Muslims shall be ruled by infidels. Thus Jews ruling any part of Israel for Iran or any other Islamic country is unacceptable and must be changed through violence as per the Quran and Sunnah. Pope Francis is a lying Pope!
Pope Francis may very well be the last Pope of Rome because of his own actions and possibly the destruction of the Vatican. I hope for him all this Love and Understanding is worth it since I doubt his faith demands Suicide for him and the faithful