A former Inquisition head could denounce religious violence in Islam with no criticism

Evidence

It is ironic that Joseph Ratzinger—who was elected Pope Benedict XVI after serving as head of the Vatican office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly known as the Inquisition)—could denounce the spreading of religion through violence and face little or no criticism. This is how ideology operates. The repetition of taken-for-granted frames by “primary definers” prevents alternative explanations. Perhaps the most potent, and the longest surviving frame, is that Islam is at its core a violent religion. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 343

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: Connects to how ‘primary definers’ frame-setting works — echoes the learned claim about intense present-mindedness blinding advanced societies to self-inflicted misfortunes.
• DEEPTHINKING: The juxtaposition of the Inquisition’s own head denouncing another religion for violence, passed over silently, is a dense case study in how ideological frames neutralize obvious hypocrisy — worth sitting with beyond its shock value.

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