Something called Occupy the Vatican has castigated the Pope for having visited Spain without having apologised for the Spanish Inquisition, on which see here. Apparently, he should have abased himself to "Jews and Muslims", neither of whom asked him to do any such thing, or have complained at his not having done it.
The Spanish Inquisition neither claimed nor exercised any jurisdiction either over Jews or over Muslims. For that, you would need the British Greens, who would ban the medically unnecessary circumcision of children, in which case would they also ban their chemical or surgical castration in the name of gender identity? If not, why not?
Or you would need Rupert Lowe, who would ban kosher and halal slaughter, in which case would he also ban the medically unnecessary circumcision of children? If not, why not? And against circumcision, Christopher Hitchens was robust even by his own standards. Is that also the view of his flamekeepers, among whom in Britain Oliver Kamm is probably preeminent? If not, why not?
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