Pope Francis has criticized anti-Islam propaganda in the wake of the recent attacks in Europe claimed by the Daesh, saying it is “unfair” and wrong to identify Islam with violence and terrorism.
“I don't think it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not just and it is not true,” he told reporters on Sunday.
The pontiff was responding to a question about the killing on July 26 of an 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest by knife-wielding attackers who burst into a church service in western France.
The attackers forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat. Daesh claimed responsibility for the brutal attack.
The pope said every religion has its “small group of fundamentalists."
"We have them too,” he said, adding if he had to talk about “Islamic violence, he had to talk about Christian violence” too.
The leader of the Catholic church said Europe should look closer to home, desc
