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Islamic jihadists have always insisted that they're fighting a religious war, while the entire intelligentsia of the Western world has lined up to insist that they aren't, and are actually fighting for quite different motives: economic deprivation, racism, a quest for personal glory, a lack of opportunity, and the like. But now honest analysis of the religious motivation of jihad terrorism has gotten a boost from the unlikeliest of sources: Pope Francis.
On Monday, Muslims murdered 30 Christians who were riding in a bus to a monastery, and in speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, Francis said: "The victims, amongst which were also children, were killed after having refused to renounce their Christian faith." He called the victims "these courageous witnesses, these martyrs," and asked God to "convert the hearts of the terrorists."