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Politics : The Truth About Islam
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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (1589)9/26/2006 8:51:28 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) of 20106
 
Muslims press Pope to apologise (I do believe WE are still waiting for an apology for 9/11!!!!)
Herald Sun ^ | 27 September 2006

news.com.au

AN organisation of 56 Islamic nations have pressed Pope Benedict to apologise for his comments linking Muslims and violence, keeping alive a two-week-old controversy.

Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, or OIC, approved a statement today urging the Vatican to "retract or redress" the comments, in which the Pope cited quotes saying the Muslim faith was spread by violence.

The group issued its statement a day after Pope Benedict assured diplomats from some 20 Muslim nations and the leaders of Italy's Muslim community that he respected them and was committed to dialogue.

It was the fourth time he had tried to make amends, without actually apologising directly, for his September 12 speech at a university in his native Germany.

Several of the envoys attending the unprecedented meeting at his summer residence south of Rome said they felt it had gone a long way to help end the controversy. But others said they still thought an apology was in order.

The Pope had enraged Muslims by quoting 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who said everything the Prophet Mohammad brought was evil "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached".

The OIC statement said Islamic nations' foreign ministers "believe that it is befitting to the Vatican to retract or redress the said statement, in demonstration of the correct spirit of Christianity in dealing with Islamic issues".

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