Kissing the Koran

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The people of Islam already have a name, Muslims, and Pope John Paul II used it only a few sentences earlier in his speech.  I'm sure he knew the difference between the name of the religion and the name of its adherents.

For all the criticisms people have for John Paul II, being stupid isn't one of them.

Just to be clear, that is most certainly not my argument (that he lacked intelligence).  The man was fluent in eight languages!

aquinasg,
Now you're arguing that His Holiness wanted St. John to protect a civilization, a civilization that, whenever in power, denies Christians the freedom to profess the true Faith and worship God truly?  A civilization which is built upon the corrupt morals of the Qur'an?  Either way, it looks and sounds extremely bad, so much so that it smacks of heresy or is even proximate to heresy, if not outright heretical.