Christians want Rehman Malik to apologise for comparing pope with Qadri

By Farheen Raza Jan 18th, 2013 ( 3 Comments )

Lahore: The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) and the Catholic Church in Pakistan have demanded Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik to apologise for comparing Pope Benedict XVI with a Canadian-Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri.

Father Emmanuel Yousaf Mani, the director of National Commission for Justice and Peace and a senior priest of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, termed Malik’s remark “unnecessary and provocative as there is no comparison or link between the two personalities”.

“While pope (Benedict XVI) is an undisputed leader of the Catholic Church, the largest faith group in the world, the credentials of Dr Qadri are prerogative of Pakistanis and Muslims to ascertain. On the other hand, the pope has neither a political role nor ambitions in the 21st century states,” Mani said in a statement on Thursday.

“We as a Christian community of Pakistan feel deeply angered by such statements maligning the office and the position of papacy. We demand an apology from Mr Rehman Malik, who is otherwise assigned a responsible task and request him to avoid any such remarks in the future,” he said.

He said the Christian community also appealed to all leaders to keep the dissent and political battles within the limits of decency because uncanny remarks did not reflect the better part of democratic culture.

“The religious minorities have always stood with the movements for democracy and human rights and will always strive to work for democracy and justice in Pakistan.”

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Naeem

You cant excpect a circus clown like Rehman Malick to know how to apologise.
This clown cannot help what dribble comes out of his mouth.
Only a race of clowns and jokers would ever put this fool in a position as there Interior Minster.
In any other country in the world this man would not even get a job as head of garbage collector.
http://profile.yahoo.com/JZ5VZM77NMMNJOJBHRMLYZDAEU Abbas

This man speaks first and than thinks – he has no brain or if he does have a brain, how should i put it- it is in the part of his body where all the waste products come out of.Only zardari would have him in his government – says it all
- Ilas
  
  All i like to say to Abbas comment is if Rehman Malick was the idot that all Pakistanis say then why do the Pakistani people and media carry on accepting him as there Interior Minster. I think that this man is probably the most intelligent man in Pakistan after Zardari.
  However that says a lot about the Pkaistani people when there President is Zardari the Numbskull there PM is Raja the Baja and there Interior minster is Mr Hammorieds.