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2012 Turkish celebrations of the Conquest of Constantinople in 1453 This coincides with a demand that Hagia Sophia be returned to use as a mosqueMore
2012 Turkish celebrations of the Conquest of Constantinople in 1453

This coincides with a demand that Hagia Sophia be returned to use as a mosque
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✍️ Islam gets away with things no other religion in the world would get away with - is it cowardice? - Rene
Holy Cannoli
That was then; this is now.
The all-knowing, ecumenical geniuses of VC-II wrote:
The Church regards with esteem (aestimatio: "an estimation of a thing according to its intrinsic worth") also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His …More
That was then; this is now.

The all-knowing, ecumenical geniuses of VC-II wrote:

The Church regards with esteem (aestimatio: "an estimation of a thing according to its intrinsic worth") also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they (tamen … ?) revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion. In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their deserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting. Nostra Aetate

Similar (devoid of any basis in reality) feel good pap was written with respect to "Our Elder Brothers in the Faith." the persecutors of Palestinian Christians/Catholics.
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The Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople who was put to the sword by invading Islamic armies was right, when he said that Islam has brought nothing new to the world, and what little good is in it, is already contained in the Gospel of Christ but everything new is nothing but death, oppression, destruction and evil.