ROME (AP) - Italian police on Friday arrested six Moroccan men suspected of inciting hatred against Pope Benedict XVI for converting a Muslim journalist in Italy to Catholicism.
Stefano Fonsi, head of Brescia police's anti-terrorism squad in northern Italy, said the suspects allegedly banded together and met privately with the goal of stirring up religious hatred against non-Muslims, including the pope.
Investigators say they found literature exhorting Muslim immigrants against integrating into Italian society and saying the pope should be punished for having baptized the journalist during an Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica.
The investigation grew out of security checks ahead of a pastoral visit by Benedict to Brescia in 2009, but authorities insisted that their probe revealed no plot against the pontiff or other terrorism aims.
Brescia Prosecutor Fabio Salmone said there was "absolutely no" indication that the group had attacks in mind. "I rule that out," he told reporters. "There wasn't even a plan" to organize attacks, he said.
In 2008, Egyptian-born journalist Magdi Allam angered some Muslims by becoming a Catholic. After being baptized, he changed his name to Magdi Cristiano Allam. He had built a career in Italy as a newspaper commentator and author attacking Islamic extremism and supporting Israel.
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Posted by: Prayer Request | Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 11:04 AM
This is a bittersweet post- it is unfortunate on one hand, and joyous on the other, for one rarely hears of Muslims converting. What a brave man! I will certainly be praying for him. I have heard that technically they are supposed to be killed, and that evangelization efforts are notoriously fruitless- even St. Francis of Assisi could not convert the Sultan.
I am glad all ended well.
Posted by: Lumena | Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Maybe the 6 Moroccan men were just looking to escape the humdrum & become infamous .. ?
GOOGLE :
Wikipedia :
List of converts to Islam .
In the United kingdom & France about 100,000 people converted in the last decade.
Germany about 300 a year.
......AND : they lost it because we got one of theirs.
Give me a break, please.
Posted by: Rosie Davis | Saturday, April 09, 2011 at 09:48 PM
May God bless Magdi Allam. He has a right to practise any religion he believes is good for him. Am sorry for this 6 Moroccan men mentality. If they are not happy about the way we live, why don’t they leave our country and stay in Morocco or one of Arabian countries instead. May almighty forgive them and us! Amen
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