Turkish cleric blasts pope over remarks
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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit -- his first to a Muslim country.
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BERLIN -- The Vatican expressed regret yesterday for remarks by Pope Benedict XVI that enraged Muslims by implicitly linking Islamic tenets to violence, but the pontiff stopped short of issuing a personal apology.
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Pope Benedict's highly sensitive visit to Turkey shifts focus toward Vatican relations with Orthodox Christianity on Thursday after his conciliatory words about Islam soothed tensions with Turkish Muslims.
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Even if the pontiff sidesteps volatile Christianity-Islam controversies, Turks were angered by his skepticism over their place in the European Union
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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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The man who shot the late Pope John Paul II warns the current pontiff not to visit Turkey.
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Pope Benedict said on Wednesday   his use in a speech of medieval quotes critical of Islam, which   infuriated Muslims worldwide, did not reflect his own   convictions and were misunderstood.
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A Muslim Labour peer calls for an apology after Pope Benedict XVI's comments on holy war.
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Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology.
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Turkey's top Muslim official said on Thursday Pope Benedict should state clearly during a planned visit to Turkey next week he believes Islam, like Christianity, to be a religion of peace.
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Criticism against Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam escalated Saturday with the firebombing of two West Bank churches.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI "sincerely regrets" offending Muslims with his reference to an obscure medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," the Vatican said Saturday.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 28 -- Pope Benedict XVI described Turkey as "a bridge between modern democracy and religion" Tuesday as he began the most important and contentious trip of his 19-month-old papacy.
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Turkey's top Muslim leader on Tuesday told Pope Benedict there was too much "Islamophobia" in the world, as the Pontiff appeared to do an about-face from his previous opposition to Ankara's bid to enter the European Union.
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Turkey greets Pope Benedict on Tuesday  for a four-day official visit, but the welcome will be  distinctly cool due to simmering Muslim anger over his comments  on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU ambitions.
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Muslim leaders on Thursday condemned Pope   Benedict over comments he made about Islam on a visit to   Germany and demanded he apologize.