When "Cardinal" Dolan compares Lent to Ramadan

 

Just recently, for Lent, ''Cardinal'' Timothy Dolan, the ''Archbishop'' of New York made what I call an infamous speech comparing the Muslim holiday of Ramadan with Lent. 

According to LifeSite News, ''Cardinal'' Dolan praised Muslims for taking their observances “seriously” and added that Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is “kind of our Catholic Ramadan.”

Holding what appeared to be a pastry or biscuit, the cardinal told the viewers an anecdote about a Muslim cab driver who would not accept his offer of water because it was Ramadan and he “couldn’t take water until sunset.”

“That’s how seriously they take their fasting and prayer. Now, I tell you that to shame you because Ash Wednesday’s coming up, alright? Ash Wednesday is coming Wednesday, and that’s kind of our Catholic Ramadan, so let’s unite with our Islamic brothers and sisters in prayer and fasting.”

Has ''Cardinal'' Dolan forgotten the many atrocities the Muslims did to Christians throughout the centuries? Can he remember that the Ummayad Caliphate tried to attack France in 732 AD when Charles the Hammer Martel defeated them? If Martel lost, Europe could had been Muslim. What about Pelayo, El Cid, Las Navas de Tolosa, Constantinople, Granada, Lepanto, Vienna, Zenta, Langaran and Sumilon? They were battles that were fought by Christians against the tyranny of the Muslims. Father Julian Bermejo, El Parocco Capitan of Bolhoon would surely frown on him for praising one of his enemies.

NB: Here is a link to a Turkish music video about Barbarossa Heyreddin Pasha, an Ottoman naval commander who fought against the Christian army during the reign of Suleiman the Great. The video clearly villainizes Christians and shows the fight between the Muslims and the Christians while featuring the footage of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, while praising the Ottoman sultan terrorist Fatih Sultan Mehmed II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BYKQx1UnuM


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