Peter Turkson, the Cardinal from Ghana:If a name is indicative of a person's character or beliefs, could be revealing to us that he may be, inwardly, a son molded by Muslim influence. The name Turk makes one think of Turkey, a Muslim country and of course, "son" behind a name means that he is the son of first part of his name, as in this case "son of Turk". If this sounds a bit far-fetched, consider the fact that last October, he showed a video on the subject of Muslim demographics, predicting that the far higher Muslim birthrate would soon lead to large parts of Europe, including France, being taken over by Islam. The video sparked an uproar which got worse when it emerged that it had been lifted from YouTube and was larded with dodgy statistics.He did not take long to admit that he had made a mistake. "I understand that I chose the wrong video to stress the point of my concern," he said soon afterwards. And he claimed that his reason for showing the video was completely misunderstood. "For me to attack Islam would be to attack my own family," he maintained. "My paternal uncle was a Muslim and he took care of me when I was a boy, and when he grew old I took care of him until he died. The point was not to be anti-Islam. Absolutely not! The point was to highlight the demographic situation as a result of the anti-life tendency and culture in the Western world where, as I see it, there is a great need to apply the values of the kingdom of God to the social order." In fact, Turkson has urged Catholics to study the Koran, as an aid to better understanding.
It seems that the interest is more than just a passing fancy, doesn't it? g