Details are scant at this point and will probably remain so, but this was likely to have been a small reminder to the Pope that the Islam he so ardently defends is not exactly the religion of peace he pretends it to be. But will he get the message? Unlikely.
“Pope Francis security scare in Morocco as man sprints towards King Mohammed’s car and is tackled by his guards while the pontiff looks on during visit to build Christian-Muslim ties,” by Leigh McManus, Mailonline, March 30, 2019:
A man charged towards the car the King of Morocco Mohammed VI was travelling in, in the same motorcade as Pope Francis today.
Dramatic live footage from the North African country’s state broadcaster showed security guards quickly seize the man.
King Mohammed’s open-top car was travelling alongside the Pope’s vehicle in Rabat during his two-day visit.
The papal car pulled out in front and as the King continued to wave, the man – who appeared to be holding a note – darted towards it.
The Pope’s visit to the 99 per cent Muslim country is to boost interfaith dialogue.
Improving relations with other religions has been a priority for the Argentine pontiff, whose papacy has been marred by a wave of child sex abuse allegations against clergy.
Addressing thousands of Moroccans who had braved the rain to attend the welcome ceremony, Francis said it was ‘essential to oppose fanaticism’.
He stressed the need for ‘appropriate preparation of future religious guides’, ahead of meeting trainee imams later today.
Speaking at the ceremony at the Tour (or tower) Hassan mosque and nearby mausoleum in Rabat, Francis defended ‘freedom of conscience’ and ‘religious freedom’.
‘Live as brothers,’ he told a crowd of around 25,000, after arriving from the airport in his Popemobile, passing rows of Moroccan and Vatican City flags.
Well-wishers packed the esplanade outside the partly-finished 12th century mosque, while others, including many Moroccans in traditional costume, lined the nearby.
Rabat has stepped up security ahead of the first papal visit to the North African country since John Paul II in 1985…
U.S. President Donald Trump, has vowed to fulfil his campaign pledge to build a wall along the border with Mexico and on Friday threatened to close the border next week if Mexico did not stop immigrants reaching the United States.
But Francis said today, as he arrived in Morocco: ‘The issue of migration will never be resolved by raising barriers, fomenting fear of others or denying assistance to those who legitimately aspire to a better life for themselves and their families.
‘We know too that the consolidation of true peace comes through the pursuit of social justice, which is indispensable for correcting the economic imbalances and political unrest that have always had a major role in generating conflicts and threatening the whole of humanity,’ he said…
CRUSADER says
Shades of Archduke Ferdinand ?
keith Oades says
My thoughts exactly. And everyone knows how that little incident ended!
mortimer says
Marocco … yes, the home of ‘not dangerous’ Islam …
On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
The King of Marocco may be in danger from Muslims, but as soon as they get to Europe, they are magically not dangerous anymore. Ask Frank. He saw it with his own eyes.
Anatol H. says
He rushed towards the pope vehicle, not any other vehicle. Was it so hard to see that they tried to disguise this as an attack on the king?
CogitoErgoSum says
The Pope was riding in his white “Popemobile” with a glass enclosure where everyone can see the Pope as he stands inside it. I don’t see the Pope or his vehicle anywhere in view as this man runs directly towards the king’s car. It appears to me this man wanted to give something to the king.
mortimer says
The man in white standing behind the king’s limousine is a soldier is traditional dress uniform.
FYI says
Maybe the attacker just desperately wanted francis to give him one of his famous,special foot washes.That’s probably it..
“Live as brothers” said francis.
Unfortunately, allah {the “best of deceivers” k3:54} completely missed those essential Two chief Commandments of God,so the “love thy neighbor” or Golden Rule is missing in islam and so,the koran begs to differ about striving to “Live as brothers”:-
“Oh ye who believe!Take not the Jews and Christians for friends.They are friends to one another:he among you who takes them for friends is one of THEM”
k5:51
So a muslim who tries to be friends with a non -muslim is an infidel{“one of them”}
allah is such an antisocial god.
Since Christians are CURSED k9:30,it seems brotherly love between muslims and non-muslims is not something we will ever really get in the islamic world.
CogitoErgoSum says
I’m sure the man will no doubt turn out to be ….. wait for it …… a JEW.
FYI says
Maybe …An Israeli Zionist Mossad agent……who reads JW….
Sam says
Cogito and FYI, sorry you are both wrong. The attacker was a “white supremacist” Trump supporter.
CogitoErgoSum says
😉
Trish says
Sam, you’re lying but so what. We all know what is going on in the world..
gravenimage says
Trish, Sam is being sarcastic.
gravenimage says
All grimly amusing.
lebel says
“The papal car pulled out in front and as the King continued to wave, the man – who appeared to be holding a note – darted towards it.”
We call this the jihad of the pen.
CogitoErgoSum says
Maybe he wanted the king to mail his letter for him.
CogitoErgoSum says
I bet he didn’t have proper postage either.
Wellington says
Cute, lebel, but just another attempt by you to minimize the real terror and often certain death that jihad has been for millions of people over the centuries—and to this very day.
Over 34,000 documented Islamic terrorist attacks worldwide just since 9/11 (and which statistic you NEVER address) only serves as a sampling of how destructive the Islamic faith has been for going on a millennium and a half. Trying to be funny about jihad is not only not funny but indicative of the corrosive aspect of your mind. And deflective too of the many freedom-crushing doctrines in the Islamic theological blueprint (e.g., death for apostasy) which exist in no other major religion’s blueprint.
You keep trying to shift the blame to those who criticize Islam for its multiplicity of heinous doctrines, as another example Mo’s creed being the only religion that calls upon its believers to wage war upon non-believers “until all religion is with Allah” {Sura 8:39}. Your many deceits, lebel, can very possibly work well upon uninformed dhimmis. But so many non-Muslims who post here regularly at JW are not uninformed about Islam and your attempts to pull us down are woeful, deceptive, pathetic and risibly transparent. You won’t get this but I assure you many others will.
CRUSADER says
Nicely put, Wellington.
gravenimage says
Fine post.
mortimer says
Good one, Wellington, lebel attempts to minimize what jihad is … an aggressive removal of human rights of everyone, including the freedom of Muslims.
Jihad turns functioning, creative societies into stagnant, fearful, dysfunctional societies under discriminatory Sharia law.
Most Muslims hate living under strict Sharia, even though they claim to want it. I doubt lebel observes more than 10% of the rules of Sharia, and the that he observes the 10% of rules rarely. Most Muslims only put on a show of Islam while living lives much like those of the kafirs who they HATE ‘for the sake of Allah’.
How much do you HATE kafirs, lebel, or do you not practice that ‘essential doctrine’ (usul ud-deen)?
I don’t know who lebel thinks he is fooling at JW.
somehistory says
He carried a note. And did it say, “Do we keel this pope guy, this “blasphemer” now…or wait?
Will he be said to be “mentally ill”?
John Allan says
Keel?
FYI says
It would be interesting to speculate what was on that note..
Perhaps it was written in Arabic English maybe ..as in..
“you feelthy infidel bastage popeye francis I weel keel you
note:THiS NotE hAS NOthInG To Do WIth isLAM cos IsLaM iS tHe ReLIGion Of PeAce…Death to infidels!allahu akbar ,allahu akbar”
DHazard says
In 2016 Morocco took a turn for the worse because of guess what. Islamists will always trump anyone less conservative because of the Quran issue; if the Quran is the literal word of God then those who actually take it as the literal word of God will always make up most of the ruling class. Anyway here’s part of a decent article from a surprising source, the Washington Post:
“An Islamist party did something remarkable in Morocco last week: win reelection. The governing Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) managed to win almost one-third of the 395-member Parliament with a 43 percent voter turnout. With this victory, the PJD became the first Islamist party in Morocco’s modern history to lead two consecutive governments. No other Islamist party in the Arab world has managed such a feat, and in the broader Middle East only Turkey’s AKP delivering a similar repeat performance.”
Morocco has a lot of political parties but the PJD has the most members in parliament and are now the biggest player in Morocco’s ruling coalition.
Renate says
Is there any particular reason that the man didn’t rush the Pope’s car?
christianblood says
Renate
Good question!
gravenimage says
I don’t know if the Pope was in the same car–the lead limo–with the King or not.
Renate says
Someone has said he was in the popemobile, so I guess that would make him hard to get to for one thing.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Renate.
Rufolino says
The bulletproof Popemobile is ahead and out of sight.
Photos can distort perspective.
It is not impossible the man running in the photo had been trying to reach the pope.
Maybe he sees the pope as sympathetic, unlike the Morocco regime.
Doesn’t alter the fact the pope should not affirm such a regime.
Brian hoff says
Government have diplomat relations even when they dislike each other. One to carry on trade with each. It is alot better than an full scale nuclear war trump want. trump is unfit to be president.
gravenimage says
We see what Muslims’ “diplomatic relations” with others are like–storming the US Embassy and keeping hostages for over a year in Iran, blowing up US Embassies in Africa, murdering the US Ambassador and his staff in Libya. Oh, and using a Saudi consulate to murder a journalist.
Is the above what “Brian hoff”–really, “DefenderofIslam”–is thinking of?
gravenimage says
Morocco: Man rushes King’s car as Pope looks on
…………….
Seems like some of the Muslims there might not be so interested in boosting interfaith dialogue after all…
christianblood says
gravenimage
You are right. May be it is time for this Pope to face the music of Islamic style ‘interfaith’ dialogue after all!
gravenimage says
The Pope is a dangerous idiot, but I don’t want to see him fall victim to Muslim savagery.
saturnine says
Dear “Pope” Francis: You affirmed that Jesus is your saviour, but then you travel in a bulletproof vehicle, suggesting He would not be able to save you from attack. It is therefore considered that you have no conviction in your faith and your belief in Jesus is half-hearted. – UK Home Office
Renate says
That sounds exactly like what you could expect coming out of the U.K. Home Office.
John Allan says
Hardly likely it came grom the Home Office.
John Allan says
From, obviously, not grom.
Renate says
I’m not so sure. They’re the ones that think people aren’t really Christian if they don’t just accept persecution and wait for Jesus to save them.
gravenimage says
Yes–just sickening.
CRUSADER says
Robert Spencer: Pope Francis, the Pope of Islam JihadWatchVideo
christianblood says
CRUSADER
+1
FYI says
After that insightful video,I don’t think the Vatican will be sending Christmas cards.. to JW or Mr Spencer:maybe they’ll go Frankies Friends, the islamic leaders instead{without the crib of course as in islam the infant Issa is.. a talking baby and its better if people didn’t know that k19:29-30 as it is terribly embarrassing that allah’s koran has a TALKING INFANT WHO SPEAKS LIKE AN ADULT..most muslims probably don’t even know that..}
francis seems to have missed the “turn the other cheek” teaching{i.e to refrain if possible from using violence} when he said anyone who insulted his mother could expect a punch.
I often wonder…. what would happen if …allah.. insulted his mother?
allah Psst! Hey Frankie!
francis Yes master
allah sooooo..did you hear the one about your mother ..and the Chilean Sailors?haha
francis arggh Expect a punch…
allah yoo hoo!I’m over hear..ya keep missing!C’mon,c’mon let’s see what you got.Putz!
francis hrfnl argh
christianblood says
FYI
LET THE VATICAN GO TO HELL!
Michael Copeland says
Memo to the Pope:
Islam does not permit freedom of conscience
Egyptian sheikh Yassir al-Burhani recently made this clear in an interview:
“For example, is it the right of the Muslim to convert to Christianity or another religion?”
“Of course this is not a right;”
https://gatesofvienna.net/2018/01/tariq-ramadan-freedom-of-conscience/
John Allan says
‘Well-wishers packed the esplanade outside the partly-finished 12th century mosque …’
They haven’t finished it, 9 centuries later?
gravenimage says
Wouldn’t surprise me…
J D.S says
Interfaith dialogue………a waste of time
Ade Fegan says
autograph hunter ?
lebel says
Latest news : “A teenager who rushed towards a motorcade carrying King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Pope Francis intended to “appeal to the King due to a health issue pertaining to his parents,” Morocco’s national security agency said.” source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/31/africa/pope-francis-car-rushed-morocco-intl/index.html
Using the jihadwatch methodology, it is clear that this was in fact a jihad attack but the media is covering it up with the help of law enforcement and the leftist establishment. Why the cover up? to protect Islam and enable to takeover of the West by the Muslim hordes. How big is the cover up? massive, almost all Western Media is in on it, from Canada to Germany. Almost all law enforcement and politicians as well.
Ecosse1314 says
Once again the odious Libel appears to defend Islam on a very minor report. His non-appearance on major Islamic atrocities is very noticeable.
mortimer says
Yes, lebel, we observe that you DISAPPEAR when leading Islamic authorities in their mosques endorse violent jihad against the dirty kufaar and hatred of the kufaar.
Then, you have nothing to say, because YOUR SILENCE MEANS APPROVAL.
gravenimage says
Well, I’m glad this was likely not a Jihad terror attack. I will even apologize to lebel for being such an “Islamophobe” to think that it might have been initially.
Now will lebel apologize to us for all those 34,000+ *actual* Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11? I probably should not hold my breath waiting for this…
gravenimage says
This story was not covered up as lebel pretends–it was reported in the Daily Mail, a mainstream newspaper.