Via Jihad Watch:
Sheikh Tantawi, who approves of suicide bombing, won’t meet with the Pope because he quoted someone who said Muhammad brought nothing that wasn’t “evil and inhuman.” Since jihadists routinely justify suicide bombing by referring to Qur’an 9:111, which guarantees Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah, apparently Tantawi’s idea of what is “evil and inhuman”
is more nuanced than that of most people. From ANSA:VATICAN CITY (ANSA) – The Islamic cleric and teacher who is the highest authority on Sunni Muslim theology pulled out of a scheduled meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday, reportedly because of pressure from fellow Muslims. The incident appeared to be further evidence that many Muslims around the world still feel deep anger over Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam in September last year.
Tantawi should be offended about the suicide bombings, not about the Pope.