Roman Catholics and Muslims together?

OK, so the world is abuzz with news of the Pope speaking ill of the Islamic faith. From my understanding, he cited an obscure Medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as evil and inhuman. Now, let’s suppose he is wrong in his representation of Islam… and I am quite sure that the teachings of the Koran are in fact evil in the sense that suicide bombers who carry out the strict teachings of the Koran are displaying Satanic influence – they are deceived by the father of lies that this act of murder will be blessed by God and they will inherit His eternal blessings; and they are following the Satanic example of the one who is a “murderer from the beginning.” And more specifically, it is a false gospel that confirms it’s followers to an eternity apart from God.

So, let’s suppose pretend that what the Pope said was wrong… the right thing to do when misrepresenting someone is to confess the fault, and strive to make amends. I don’t know what the Pope will do… it all becomes very political.

But here is where there is a abhorrent inconsistency… many Muslim nations can rape, murder, kidnap and torture Christians simply because they name Jesus Christ as their Savior and don’t go along with Islam. Or, remember when the Dutch newspapers were threatened with extreme violence for the cartoons they published? Where is the justice here? On one hand, a cartoon that mocks your religion is a capital crime; on the other hand, the murder of another human being is commended. In essence, they say, "If I disagree with you, I will violently protest; if you disagree with me, I will take off your head."

Our fellow human beings who are held captive to Islamic belief are suffering under an oppressive deception. May we pray for these nations and the people who… “In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4).

UPDATE: there have been a few others who have done a much better job writing about this subject. John Piper lays out a redemptive way believers should respond to this. And Tim Challies explains how to shed a stereotype.