Pope offends Muslim leaders
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Pope Benedict's comments about Islam   could hurt religious harmony, government and religious leaders   in the world's most populous Muslim countries, Indonesia and   Pakistan, said on Friday.
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Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he   was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive,   expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would   understand the "true sense" of his words.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI faced a growing chorus of demands yesterday for an unequivocal apology for remarks seen as portraying Islam as a violent faith, despite attempts by Western leaders and church officials to defuse the crisis.
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Pope Benedict will meet Muslim   ambassadors to the Vatican and Italian Islamic leaders on   Monday to try to calm anger over his use of a medieval text   which says their religion was spread by violence.
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ROME -- The Vatican deployed diplomats to capitals of Muslim states yesterday in an effort to contain anger over Pope Benedict XVI's comments on Islam, as shadowy threats against the pontiff and Christianity multiplied.
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Thousands of Muslims protest in Istanbul against Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Turkey.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  repeated on Wednesday his criticism of comments made by Pope  Benedict about Islam that sparked Muslim protests and said even  a politician would not have spoken in such a way.
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Pope Benedict said on Wednesday   that his use of medieval quotes portraying a violent Islam did   not reflect his views and were misunderstood, but he did not   give the clear apology still demanded by many Muslims.
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Pope Benedict's comments about Islam   could hurt global religious harmony, government and religious   leaders in the world's most populous Muslim countries said on   Friday.
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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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REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict invited   Muslims on Tuesday to join a dialogue of cultures that agrees   the concept of Islamic "holy war" is unreasonable and against   God's nature.
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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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Thousands take to the streets over Benedict's remarks as the pontiff invites Muslim representatives to meet with him to quell anger
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Pressure mounted on Pope Benedict   to issue a personal apology on Sunday when he makes his first   public appearance since his comments about Islam sparked Muslim   fury across the world.
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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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Leaders across the Muslim world demanded Pope Benedict XVI apologize for his remarks on Islam and jihad, unmoved by the Vatican's assurances that he meant only to emphasize the incompatibility between faith and ...
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Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology. And in Turkey, the ruling party likened the pontiff to Hitler and Mussolini and accused him of reviving the mentality of the Crusades.