All that Pope Benedict did at Regenburg was quote the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologos, who said that Muhammad brought nothing new but what was evil and inhumane. In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, you will encounter the tragic figure of Manuel II Paleologos, and see how terribly he […]
Vatican cardinal: Pope Benedict’s Regensburg address was ‘prophetic’
In his 2006 Regensburg address, Pope Benedict cited the 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus regarding the preaching of violence in a religion, stating: “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he […]