my innermost sanctum

mountain, molehill

so em muslim's *all* over the blue marble

[except over ere in m'sia and the wee islet - and a few other place's i'm sure] got their collective wotsits into a right twist yet again.

just because the pope recalled or quoted a passage written in medieval times about the dangers islam imposed. i couldn't agree with the pope more on this subject. and he has just won my utmost admiration for his deep thought and analysis - as i do sometimes indulge myself on such comparative studies.

heh. the philosophical letter b, eh. i couldn't even believe it me ownself. now before the catholics amongst you's rejoice, calm down people. i'd never subscribe to any organised religion 'cos i don't believe in belongin to a group - be it religious, social or summat - just to feel lurved. how terribly sad.

but who knows? you'll never know what's gonna happen tomorrow innit? so do i. the one above does work in mysterious ways.

anyways, i don't see why the pope should apologise over a passage he's not responsible jottin down of. knowing what some of em elements of the muslim world [oh, be afraid, ye non-believer's!] are like, they are hell bent on murdering anyone in cold blood.

but then, i do wonder if they are all whipped into an utter frenzy due to a massive miscommunication breakdown. if not some no-good religious types tryin to inflate their own wee ego's in the ongoing war of religious one-upmanship. or what the Shrub once proclaimed, a crusadin war of civilisationscivilizations.

::oh, brother::

one must understand that words tend to get lost in translation, hence the good pope's message ended up garbled. and it doesn't help that the media on both sides are furthering their own wee ideological agendas.

hell, even the yank's don't understand british humour. and vice versa. what more a german pontiff communicating in italian/english makin his speech in his native tongue and then translated into arabic?

but of course, i can't deny the fact that the more fundamentalist amongst em are intolerable of anyone who doesn't or refuse to profess islam. but aren't right-wing fundamentalist bible-wavin "accept jesus as yer lord!!" christian's exactly same?

oh btw, to some of you's out there who hardly have any interaction with muslim's, please bear in mind that muslim's ain't a single massive race. so don't tar each and every one with the same brush, eh? just because you come across shedloads of womenfolk wearin the hijab/jilbab - or wot it's more commonly and simply known over ere as "tudung".

yep, get that right --> tudung [too-dong, malay for "veil"]. geddit? your misperception is no different to the idea perpetuated amongst em no-good thai lowliving men that all western women are loose. and thenceforth, game for a gang-rape. insulted? don't be, see the word *misperception*.

and yes, this coming from someone who does have very good/close friend's and live in harmony with muslims [who aren't necessarily arab, or south asian - likewise, christian's ain't necessarily white]. on this fair wee islet.

can't even believe my own blinkers that i just uttered these words: fair wee islet.