Former Archbishop of Canterbury jumps into Islam debate

The former Archbishop of Canterbury has come out in support of Pope Benedict XVI's speech last week. He also manages to take it a step further:

Arguing that Huntington’s thesis has some “validity”, Lord Carey quoted him as saying: “Islam’s borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.”

It'll be interesting to see if there is any response to this. While Lord Carey does not have as high a profile as Benedict, he also didn't dance around the bush at all.

The article also mentions something else noteworthy. The man who shot Pope John Paul II has written Benedict and beseeched him not to go on with his visit to Turkey:

“I write as one who knows about these matters very well,” Agca said. “Your life is in danger. Don’t come to Turkey — absolutely not!”

I have to agree with him. Unless Benedict wants to become a martyr, the visit to Turkey will be just plain foolish.