Al-Qaeda Group Vows "Jihad" after Pope's Speech

Politics | September 18, 2006, Monday // 00:00

An Iraqi militant group led by Al-Qaeda vowed massacre against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to Pope Benedict's recent speech on Islam.

"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the Pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya," said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council.

"We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.

It was posted on Sunday on an Internet site often used by al Qaeda and other militant groups.

The Pope already apologised for his quote of 14th Century Christian emperor Constantine who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things.

They had been taken out of contest, and the pontiff regretted the fact that many Islam followers, including the leaders of some nations, took his words literally and were deeply offended.
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