Merkel defends Pope amid Muslim fury
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended   Pope Benedict on Saturday against allegations that he had   attacked Islam as worldwide Muslim fury continued over a speech   he made earlier this week.
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Pope Benedict XVI's apology for comments on Islam receives a mixed response but fails to end anger.
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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.
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An organization of 56 Islamic   nations pressed Pope Benedict on Tuesday to apologize for his   comments linking Muslims and violence, keeping alive a   two-week-old controversy.
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Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims   were offended by a speech that provoked fury in the Islamic   world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic church to   apologize personally, the Vatican said on Saturday.
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Thousands of Muslims protest in Istanbul against Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Turkey.
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Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims   were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around   the world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic   church to apologize, an aide said on Saturday.
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Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam and holy war that have angered much of the Muslim world are in line with his efforts to spare religion from violence and extremism.
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Pope Benedict XVI has invited ambassadors from Muslim nations to meet him on Monday in a bid to calm anger over his use of a medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence.
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Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions and demanded an apology.
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Vatican relations with the Islamic world must be restarted from square one because Muslims insist on misinterpreting Pope Benedict's recent comments on Islam, Germany's top Catholic cardinal said in an article on Wednesday.
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The head of the world's Anglican church   stepped in to defend Pope Benedict on Monday in the face of   fury from some Islamic groups about the Roman Catholic leader's   use of a medieval quotation on Islam and violence.
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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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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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Pope Benedict XVI urged leaders of all religions Tuesday to "utterly refuse" to support any form of violence in the name of faith, while Turkey's top Muslim cleric complained to the pontiff of growing "Islamophobia" in the world.
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Muslim religious leaders accuse Pope Benedict XVI of quoting anti-Islamic remarks in a speech this week.
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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.