Religion of Peace? (continued)

To quote Jack Wheeler, the Muslim world's reaction to the Pope's speech last week has been Kafkaesque. From the Associated Press:

The Vatican has been seeking to defuse anger across the Muslim world that followed the pope's remarks about Islam last week in Germany. Benedict cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as "evil and inhuman," particularly "his command to spread by the sword the faith."(emphasis added)...

So what do the faithful do to disprove the Pope (who was reading a quote) and show the world that Muslims don't want to spread their faith by the sword?

At Islam's third-holiest shrine, the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, hundreds of worshippers hoisted black flags and banners that read, "Conquering Rome is the answer." Protesters chanted, "The army of Islam will return." ...

Hundreds of radical Islamists chanting "Down with the pope" rallied in several Pakistani cities...

"If I get hold of the pope, I will hang him," Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, a senior MMA leader, told protesters in Islamabad, who carried placards reading "Terrorist, extremist Pope be hanged!" and "Down with Muslims' enemies!" ....

The demonstrations came a day after 1,000 clerics and religious leaders met in Lahore and called for the pope's removal and warned the West of consequences if it didn't change its stance regarding Islam...