anger still swept across the Muslim world, with Pakistan's parliament unanimously adopting a resolution condemning the pope for making what it called "derogatory" comments about Islam, and seeking an apology from him.
"Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said. (Associated Press)
Mr. Aslam may want to look up the word "tolerant" in the dictionary to fully appreciate the irony of his statement.
Update #1: two churches -- neither of them Catholic -- were fire-bombed in the West Bank
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