Irony is...

From Pakistan:

Interesting bit at the end:

“Jihad is a tool for defence and we expect the pope to speak against aggression,” he said.
"The pope’s statement is highly irresponsible,” senior scholar Javed Ahmed Ghamdi said.
“The concept of jihad is not to spread Islam with sword,” Mr Ghamdi said in a statement.
“The pope’s statement was an attempt to jeopardise a remarkable unity displayed by Christians and Muslims against recent Israeli aggression in Lebanon,” a spokesman for the Jamaat-i-Islami said.
SRINAGAR: Meanwhile, police in occupied Kashmir on Thursday seized newspapers carrying Pope Benedict’s statement.

I think we have a new frontrunner for ironic juxtaposition of the year