Rome Calls For End of Islamic Blasphemy Laws - Will Jihadists Respond?

Catholic Cardinal Calls for End to Blasphemy Laws

Speaking at a conference in Milan, Italy, on May 8, 2013, that city’s archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Scola, called for the abolition of blasphemy laws worldwide. Such a step would significantly help protect globally the freedom of speech and religion desperately needed by Christians in particular while countering Islamic fanaticism with freedom.

Once favored to become pope, Scola made his remarks at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart for the opening of a conference focusing on Roman Emperor Constantine’s 313 Edict of Milan granting imperial toleration to Christianity. Scola advocated a “healthy secularism” allowing religious freedom, defined by him as a “true litmus test” for a civilized society. To Scola, this “freedom means above all encouraging religious pluralism and opening to all forms of religious expression,” including “eliminating laws that criminally punish blasphemy.”

Editor's note:  On Monday, May 13, 2013, it was reported that the Pope Drew a Line By Crowning Martyrs of Islamic Persecution.

Now, Cardinal Angelo Scola takes more action which threatens a major tenet of the Islamic faith and a major pillar of Shariah law.  The Wahhabi and Salifist Islamist no doubt are enraged at the insult.

Rome may be rising in the crosshairs of the Jihadist networks and the Muslim Brotherhood.