Thousands protest Pope's visit to Turkey
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Some 20,000 Muslims held a "Pope, don't come" rally in Istanbul on Sunday in a peaceful protest against Pope Benedict's visit to Turkey this week.
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Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.
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Turkish police on Friday appealed for restraint at planned protests against Pope Benedict's visit to the Muslim country next week, saying they could harm Turkey's image.
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Tens of thousands flocked to a religious rally in the Philippine capital's main park on Sunday in a show of defiance against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her supporters in the lower house of Congress.
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About 40 members of a Turkish nationalist party occupied one of Istanbul's most famous buildings, the Haghia Sophia, on Wednesday to protest the visit next week of Pope Benedict XVI, police said.
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After Pope Benedict XVI infuriated the Islamic world with his remarks on holy war, Vatican officials scrambled to save his planned trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey. Two months later, there was the German pontiff on Thursday not only visiting Istanbul but praying beside an imam in the city's famous Blue Mosque.
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The Pope was due on Sunday to make   his first public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over   remarks he made about Islam, with pressure growing for a   personal apology.
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About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam.
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Christians in the Middle East are growing uneasy over the widespread Muslim anger at Pope Benedict XVI, saying they increasingly worry about growing divisions between the two faiths.
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Pope Benedict XVI faces a delicate balancing act in Turkey as he tries to improve Christian-Muslim ties.
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Pope Benedict XVI calls for a dialogue between Muslims and Christians as he starts a four-day visit to Turkey.
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Al-Qaida in Iraq on Wednesday denounced Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, calling it part of a "crusader campaign" against Islam.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan changes plans in order to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Ankara on Tuesday.
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Turkish security teams took up positions around the cities of Ankara and Istanbul on Monday, a day before Pope Benedict XVI begins his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country.
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ISTANBUL The police on Sunday clashed with hundreds of rock-throwing nationalists who staged a protest outside the seat of the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians.
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Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying toward Mecca "like Muslims".
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Pressure mounted on Pope Benedict   to issue a personal apology on Sunday when he makes his first   public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over comments he   made about Islam.