Through Force or Faith? — Page 1
Refutation of the Allegations Made Against Islam in the Papal Lecture at Regensburg, Germany Friday Sermon by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah Delivered on September 15, 2006 in London After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwudh, and S u rah al-F a ti h ah H u du r aba said: Yesterday there was news that the Pope delivered a lecture at a university in Germany, and in the course of it mentioned some Islamic teachings and made some comments about the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet s as , by alluding to some writer, which did not have even the remotest connection to Islam. This is a clever tactic of theirs, done so that they can absolve themselves through quoting others, but all the while saying what they want to say. The Pope said some things about the Holy Quran, Islam, and