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...flawed, and to advocate even a partial return to it shows only a deep ignorance of the history of the issue. Furthermore, although I agree that the tone of the letter you quoted from “USA Today” was perhaps overcooked in calling the Pope a martyr, you fail to address its central claim: that the Pope is doing everything in his power to weed out sexual abuse. Both you and I are not in positions make such a judgment, and thus I would call on you not to judge the man. Leave that to higher powers...
...likens the Pope to a “martyr” who, “like Jesus, is completely innocent and is doing everything in his power to weed out those priests guilty of sexual abuse.” These and similar claims, which portray the Pope as a martyr for bringing the sexual abuse claims to light, are offensive to the victims of these crimes and unacceptable if the Church is to move past these allegations. The Pope’s controversial actions have certainly brought him into the spotlight, but his own insufficient response to the scandal...
...making at any given time, Yuzik says, so the Moscow subway bombings cannot simply be connected to the death of Abdurakhmanova's husband. Rather, she happened to be at the right point in the process of indoctrination when the order came down. "Once the Islamist community begins insisting you martyr yourself, they do not let up. They will pursue you forever, and you have nowhere else to go. That is the trap...
...final end to the pretense of keeping their deathbed promise to Imam Khomeini. The incident reportedly involves the wife of Alireza Beheshti, a close aide of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the presidential candidate who was declared the loser in June to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Beheshti has the status of a living martyr for the opposition and is enduring his second period of detention since the election (he has survived a heart attack in prison). He is also the son of one of the primary architects of the Islamic revolution. According to the website, Beheshti's wife informed Rafsanjani from a safe hiding...
...come to a point where the grandchildren of the first Head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic, the innocent martyr Ayatullah Beheshti, must be without their parents during the 10 Days of Dawn [a reference to the celebration of the revolution's anniversary] and must live underground in fear of the security forces," said Rafsanjani, according to the story, presumably before turning on his heels and storming out of the Supreme Leader's presence with a swish of his cleric's robes. (See "Iran's Hard-Liners: How to Fight Spontaneous Combustion...