Diplomat Anjoum Noorani Debases, Degrades the Pope: “Pope should launch his own range of “Benedict” condoms, open an abortion clinic”

Mutual respect? One way, baby.

No room for nobody but Islam. And the more righteous you are, the more they treat you like scum. A Muslim diplomat has insulted and  degraded the Pope — are Muslim embassies set afire? Is there a worldwide movement — throwing shoes at Muslims, burning korans and Islamic flags? Are Christians beheading Muslims? No way.

Emperor Manuel II Paleologos of the Byzantine
Empire,
the Orthodox Christian empire which had its capital in what is now the
Turkish city of Istanbul, said: "Show me just what
Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil
and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he
preached."

Diplomat disciplined over Pope memo is named The Telegraph

The diplomat who has been disciplined over a Foreign Office memo mocking the Pope was accused last night of being “clueless” about the Catholic faith.

Anjoum Noorani, 31, was the leader of the Papal Visit Team which drew up a
document suggesting the Pope should launch his own range of “Benedict” condoms,
open an abortion clinic and stay in a council flat in Bradford.

• The Foreign Office document

Mr Noorani, whose identity has until now remained secret, was moved to “other
duties” after he gave authorisation for the memo to be sent to Downing Street
and three Whitehall departments.

The memo, which was leaked to The Sunday Telegraph, threatens
to overshadow the Pope’s entire four-day visit in September after it prompted
fury in the Vatican and among Catholics in Britain.

Senior members of the church have described Mr Noorani and his team as having
“not the slightest understanding of Catholicism”. None of the four-strong group
is thought to be a practising Catholic.

The memo, which also called for the Pope to bless a homosexual marriage, was
emailed around Whitehall by Steven Mulvain, a 23-year-old Oxford graduate who
describes his sexual orientation on a social networking website as “gay”.

He didn't recommend the Islamic way to handle Gay? Hang 'em high.

Mr Mulvain has not been disciplined for his role in the fiasco.

Mr Noorani, who, like Mr Mulvain, is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford,
chaired the “brainstorm” session which led to the “Ideal Visit” memo, which also
proposed that the Pope should sing a duet with the Queen and sponsor a network
of Aids clinics.

He worked as press secretary at the British Embassy in Russia between 2002
and 2007, where he dealt with all Russian media inquiries about Britain’s
response to the murder of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. He was
unavailable for comment last night and his mother, who lives in Windsor, said
she “can’t say anything”.

Although the Vatican is now trying to draw a line under the memo fiasco,
Papal aides believe the Government’s choice of non-Catholic staff typifies the
“lack of respect” being shown towards the first ever state visit by a Pontiff.

One source said: “The most striking thing about the Foreign Office team has
been how ineffectual they are. They have been disengaged and, frankly, clueless.

“I have never had the impression that any members of the team were informed
or even sensitive to the Catholic Church or Catholicism generally.”

One senior source at the Catholic Church in England and Wales said: “This
does beg the question of how seriously this visit is being taken by the
Government.

“All of our dealings with this Foreign Office team have suggested they don’t
have any understanding of Catholicism and that’s how this issue seems to have
come about.

“Why did they even have this brainstorming session in the first place? The
Pope’s itinerary was decided a long time ago, so it’s not as if there was much
room for extra events to be laid on.”

William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, said: “This whole episode was
utterly unacceptable.

“A Conservative-run Foreign and Commonwealth Office would put a stop to such
pointless time-wasting and insulting activities. Visits by international leaders
should be handled with the respect they deserve and that we would expect to be
extended to us.”

The Foreign Office declined to comment on the religious beliefs of the
members of the Papal Visit Team.

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