On May 7, 2008, in response to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Jordan, prominent salafi-jihadi Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi posted on his website (Minbar Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad) a 12-page article titled "To the Worshipper of the Cross." In it, he attacks the pope for his remarks about the Prophet Muhammad during his 2006 lecture at the University of Regensburg. Al-Maqdisi explains that he had been in prison when the remarks were made, and thus unable to express his rage - but that with the pope's visit to Jordan, he had decided to respond, in order to fulfill "the duty of defending the Prophet." ...
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