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Muslim Fury Grows Despite Apology
In Loving Memory
Bennie Jean W illia m s
Militants vow
war, others try
to calm passions
Sunrise: April 9, 1949
Sunset: Sept. 13,2006
(AP) Al-Qaida militants in Iraq
vowed war on “worshippers o f
the cross" and protesters burned
a papal effigy on Monday over
Pope B enedict’s com m ents on
Islam, w hile W estern church­
men and statesmen tried to calm
passions.
Iran's Suprem e Leader A ya­
tollah Ali K ham eneijoinedacho-
rus o f M uslim criticism o f the
head o f the w orld’s 1.1 billion
Rom an C atholics, calling the
pope’s rem arks "the latest chain
o f the cru sad e ag ain st Islam
started by A m erica's (President)
Bush".
Pope Benedict XVI speaks with members of a Muslim delegation from the United States during
The pontiff said on Sunday he
an open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square an on March 1. (AP photo)
was "deeply sorry" M uslims had
been offended by his use o f a their m oney and descendants tury Byzantine Em peror Manuel
In Som alia, an Italian nun was
medieval quotation on Islam and the bounty o f the m ujahideen," II Palaeologus, who said every­
killed on Sunday in an attack one
holy war. But he stopped short of said the statem ent, posted on thing the Prophet M uham m ad
Islam ist source said could be
retracting a speech seen as por­ Sunday on an Internet site o f­ brought was evil “such as his
linked to the dispute. The Vatican
traying Islam as a religion tainted ten used by al-Q aida and other com m and to spread by the sword
said it hoped the killing was “an
by violence.
m ilitant groups.
the faith he preached."
isolated event."
W hile some Muslims were mol­
On M onday, about 150 people
lified by his explanation for the
in the Pakistani-controlled region
speech made in G erm any last
o f Kashmir dem anded that the
Tuesday, others remained furi­
pope apologize over his remarks
ous.
on Islam, chanting "D eath to the
"W e tell the w orshipper o f the
pope" and burning his effigy.
cross (the pope) that you and the
Christians — a minority in the
W est will be defeated, as is the
Middle East that varies from nearly
c a se in Ira q , A fg h a n is ta n ,
40 percent in Lebanon to tiny
C hechnya,” said a W eb state­
I n I raq ’ s southern city of Basra,
But he said on Sunday this was com m unities in the Persian G ulf
ment by the M ujahideen Shura up to 150 dem onstrators chanted not his view and he favored frank
states — generally live in peace
Council, an umbrella group led slogans and burned a white ef­ dialogue with Islam..
with the m ajority Muslims.
by Iraq’s branch o f al-Qaida.
figy o f the pope.
Sunday, two churches in the
But relations are som etim es
"W e shall break the cross
M uslims, and some Christians, Palestinian W est Bank were se, strained and outbreaks o f v io ­
and spill the w ine ... G od will across the region have expressed afire a day after M uslims hurled
lence have occurred in recent
(h e lp ) M u slim s to c o n q u e r anger over com m ents Benedict firebombs and opened fire at four
years. Som e w orry the flap over
Rom e ... (M ay) G od enable us made Tuesday i n Germany where other West Bank churches and
the pope will lead to a new
to slit their throats, and m ake he cited the words o f 14th cen
one in the G aza Strip.
round.
A homecoming celebration will be held
at Emmanuel Temple Full Gospel
Pentecostal Church. 1033 N. Sumner
St., on Thursday at 11 a.m. with Senior
Pastor Bishop C. T. Wells, presiding.
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In Loving Memory
John Otis ‘Frog’ White Sr.
Funeral services were held Sept.
19 at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in
north Portland for John Otis “Frog"
White Sr.
He was born Jan. 31, 1940 in
Crossett, Ark., son of Otis and
Johnnie Mae White. He moved to
Portland as a child and spent his
younger years in the Guilds Lake
enabled him to experience his first
airplane ride and travel to different
parts ofthe country participating in
tournaments and being a main con­
tender in his division.
In 1989, he accepted the Lord as
Ins personal savior and was bap­
tized at Mount O livet Baptist
Church.
John Otis was a father, brother,
grandfather, nephew, brother-in-
law. cousin, great-grandfather,
uncle, son-in-law and a friend to
many.
He will be greatly missed. He was
truly loved.
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