Muslims must not be too sure of their religion if they are afraid of a Catholic Church being built in Bahrain.
From the Las Vegas Sun: The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in the Gulf was
supposed to be a chance for the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to
showcase its traditions of religious tolerance in a conservative Muslim
region where churches largely operate under heavy limitations.
Instead,
the planned church _ intended to be the main center for Catholics in
the region _ has turned into another point of tension in a country
already being pulled apart by sectarian battles between its Sunni and
Shiite Muslim communities.
Hardline Sunni clerics have strongly
opposed the construction of the church complex, in a rare open challenge
of the country's Sunni king. More than 70 clerics signed a petition
last week saying it was forbidden to build churches in the Arabian
Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam.
One prominent cleric, Sheik
Adel Hassan al-Hamad, proclaimed in a sermon during Friday prayers last
month, that there was no justification for building further churches in
Bahrain, adding, "anyone who believes that a church is a true place of
worship is someone who has broken in their faith in God."
In
response, the government ordered him transferred out of his mosque,
located in the elite district of Riffa, where many members of the royal
family live and the king has several palaces. But the transfer order
touched off a wave of protests by the cleric's supporters on social
media sites and by Sunni-led political blocs. Finally, the government
was forced last week to cancel the order. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/03/ml-bahrain-church-project/
Why would Muslims be so scared of a little old Catholic Church being built if they were so confident of their religion. But then intolerance of Muslims is quite well known, just as the intolerance of religions in Northern Ireland is also well known:
Almost 50 police officers were injured last night during hours of rioting in north Belfast.
Water cannon was deployed after the officers were attacked with fireworks, petrol bombs and masonry.
Police have arrested a 17-year-old male on suspicion of riotous behaviour.
Loyalists and republicans attacked police in the Carlisle Circus and
Antrim Road areas during significant but localised violence linked to a
republican parade....
At lunchtime yesterday a large crowd congregated between the Belfast
Orange Hall and Carlisle Circus. A lawful parade had been organised but
police had received no notification of a protest.
When police arrived on the scene some people within the crowd had masked
their faces and police observed masonry being broken up by a number of
individuals.
Police talked to community representatives with the aim of reducing tension and facilitating the lawful parade.
To allow the parade to pass along its notified route, police moved the
crowd back towards Carlisle Circus. Bricks and other missiles were
exchanged between parade supporters and protesters as the procession
passed through the area, but the most sustained violence was directed at
police lines. As the parade dispersed youths also began attacking
police in the Antrim Road area.
Trouble continued throughout the night, until the area was reported calm at around 2am.
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/teen-arrested-as-47-police-officers-hurt-in-belfast-sectarian-riots-16205849.html#ixzz25RCrnsiu
Catholics and Protestants still can't get along after all these years? All i can say is that they are a bunch of idiots there.
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