Mahmoud and the Pope

The things one does for Holy Spirit:

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the pope thanking him for opposing a Florida pastor’s threat to burn the Quran and calling for cooperation against secularism, the Vatican and the Iranian presidency said Saturday. 

Because a Florida pastor was going to burn a Quran out of respect for secularism.

The Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI had received the letter during a brief meeting with one of Iran’s vice presidents at the end of his weekly general audience Wednesday.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi did not release the contents of the message.

"Something about using sheep's bladders to prevent earthquakes. And dick jokes. Lots and lots of dick jokes."

But the website of the Iranian presidency quoted Ahmadinejad as thanking the pope “for your condemnation of an unwise move by a Florida church.” The pope and several other Christian leaders were among those urging the pastor to reconsider his plan to burn the Quran on the 9/11 anniversary. The plan was eventually called off.

Internal pressure from social authorities to prevent a Quran-burning: successful. 

Internal pressure from social authorities to prevent Islamic proseltyzing at Ground Zero: non-existent.

So who do I pay my dhimmi tax to? Can I deduct it from my payroll, or...?

The website also quoted the letter as denouncing “secularism, Western extremist humanism and the man’s growing tendency toward material life” and blaming them for the “decline of human society.”
“Close cooperation and interaction among divine religions to halt such destructive moves is an absolute necessity,” the letter said, according to the website.

"And if you do not cooperate and interact, we will blow you up."

 The Vatican did not say whether the pope planned to reply to the letter.

Among other things, the Vatican wasn't sure if "Nuts!" would translate well from English to Latin to Farsi.