The Pope himself seems to be a fan of making unfounded judgements...

I, as an Arab, dislike the fact that some people in the Western world have such a horrible image of us and what we stand for. I feel that they are misinformed, that they have not researched enough before making their judgements, that they havent even been to the middle east so how could they make such a judgement based on just the news or movies, etc. Now the Pope himself has made misinformed judgements about Islam and to the public. I came home last night from work and my mum told me the statements that the Pope said about Islam, about how its a religion that promotes wars, bloodshed, etc. About how Prophet Muhammed has not added anything to the world, etc. And the first thing that came to my mind was "wow, he has not even read the Quran...its as if he's talking about another religion altogether". My first reaction was not anger, my first reaction was how could a religious symbol, who has millions of followers, make such an ignorant statement; he has obviously not done his homework. He has a responsibility to make INFORMED statements; his position and status in the community demands it. If he had just read parts, not even all, of the Quran he would see that it promotes peace, promotes understanding, promotes kindness, promotes goodness...he may even see the similarities between what the Quran teaches and what the Bible teaches. The fact that a religious figure would slander another religion in itself is such an irresponsible thing to do, and then to slander it based on no research (that it sounds absurd) is even more irresponsible. I wonder what he was thinking when he made those statements...