Islamic Thugs Murder Nun in Protest
John on September 18, 2006 at 9:45 am
A year ago, Jihadists murdered a priest as part of their cartoon rioting. Saturday, in response to the Pope’s comments, some Somali Jihadists killed an elderly nun working at a hospital. Michelle Malkin notes the details:
Sister Leonella was shot in the back four times by pistol-wielding attackers as she left the Austrian-run S.O.S. hospital. Her bodyguard also was slain. The two had been walking the 10 meters (30 feet) from the Mogadishu hospital to the sister’s home, where three other nuns were waiting to have lunch with her. “The gunmen specifically targeted her,” Huber said. “They were waiting for her. As she crossed the road they opened fire.
This AP story gives a sense of her character:
Sister Leonella was aware of the dangers in Somalia and used to joke that there was a bullet with her name engraved on it. “But this never deterred her or discouraged her,” said Wesonga, who is secretary of the archdiocese of Nairobi.
She was transported to a hospital where her dying words, translated from her native Italian, were “I forgive, I forgive.”
Special Note to Catholic Bashers (Slice, Pyromaniacs, etc): When you’ve imitated Christ with your dying breath, come talk to me. Until then, stow it.
[HT: Michelle Malkin]
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Jihadists are grown, not suddenly created by particular circumstances. So much of the zealotry practiced by Muslims is learned in the formative years when little kids minds are easily molded. Having seen excerps from “Jesus Camp”, I am sad and disheartened.
September 19, 2006 @ 3:05 pmMy preference to “hating Islam” is to take the dying nun’s last words as my own: “I forgive!”
As a practicing Catholic I do not believe that Islam is always to blame – I would rather believe that individuals hiding behind the cloak of power and credibility that Islam unwittingly affords are to blame for many of the incidences quoted in the “I hate Islam” piece. In times not that long ago Christians were up to similar atrocities, but that did not make Christianity itself the pariah – just its abuse.
Both the Bible and the Koran were written in times when the world was less populated and humankind more insular. Of course, warfare and dominance were all the rage, and probably for survival’s sake. But that shouldn’t mask the messages of love, mercy and generosity that are central to both Books. If Christians continue to point fingers at the juicy bits in the Koran, then Muslims will learn to do the same to the Bible.
I have many Muslim friends, devout Muslims, who eschew this sort of behaviour and are deeply embarrassed by it. I would prefer to build friendships with these people than to pillory the deviants and afford them the publicity they crave.
November 9, 2009 @ 12:02 pm