Ex-Muslims Challenge Pope Francis on Islam

Posted on January 24, 2018 by llamapacker
By Bethany Blankley
 Ex-Muslims, who are now Christians, recently challenged Pope Francis in an open letter about his remarks on Islam. They also asked the pope if they should return to Islam and deny their Christian faith based on his remarks. In their letter, “From former Muslims who became Catholics, ‬and their friends,‬‬‬‬ to His Holiness Pope Francis,‬‬ about his attitude towards Islam,” they mention that the pope has ignored their repeated attempts to speak to him and invited others to sign the letter.

First, they addressed the pope’s remarks in his 2013 book, Evangelii Gaudium, (The Joy of the Gospel). In his 168-page exhortation on “the church’s primary mission of evangelization in the modern world,” they questioned paragraphs ‬‬252 and 253,‭ wondering why he ignored the historical reality‭ ‬that “Islam came AFTER Christ.”

They boldly asked the pope:

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hedgerow/2018/01/ex-muslims-challenge-pope-francis-islam/#DMSvBxCtaPBgVFIz.99

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