Murder And Mayhem

A Roman Catholic nun has been murdered in Somalia. Are the "clerics" pimping violence pleased with themselves? They murdered a woman who was apparently a nursing sister and was ginned down in a hospital. Shot in the back.

The nun, who was not immediately identified, was shot in the back at S.O.S. Hospital in northern Mogadishu by two gunmen, said Mohamed Yusuf, a doctor at the facility, which serves mothers and children. The nun's bodyguard and a hospital worker were also killed, doctors said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, and it was not clear if it was directly linked to the pope's comments. Two people had been arrested, said Yusuf Mohamed Siad, head of security for the Islamic militia that controls Mogadishu.

Earlier Sunday, a Somali cleric criticized the comments the pope made in a speech last week for offending Muslims. The pope had cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's founder, as "evil and inhuman."

"The pope's statement at this time was not only wrong but irresponsible as well," said Sheik Nor Barud, deputy leader of the Somali Muslim Scholars Association.

"Both the Pope and the Byzantine Emperor he quoted are ignorant of Islam and it is noble Prophet," he told journalists at a news conference in the capital Mogadishu.

The intolerant continue to escalate this situation and whip their followers into a frothing rage. It is simply mind-boggling that the irresponsible media continues to carry the words that are spinning this situation out of control.

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  By old_dawg, Sunday, 17 September , 2006 @ 8:48 pm

  I am always encouraged at the courage of Islamic Militants, who seem better able to shoot nuns that fight real armies.

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