Pope 'Sorry' About Reaction to Islam Remark
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Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction in some countries to a recent speech in which he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor as saying that the prophet Muhammad brought "only evil and inhuman" things to the world.
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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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Many Muslims noted that the pope had said only that he was sorry for the reaction that fanned out across the Muslim world.
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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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A Muslim Labour peer calls for an apology after Pope Benedict XVI's comments on holy war.
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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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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict told Muslim   envoys on Monday that Christian and Muslim believers must   reject all forms of violence, in an audience aimed at defusing   anger over a speech seen as depicting Islam as violent.
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Pope Benedict XVI did not intend to offend Muslims with remarks about holy war, the Vatican said Thursday, scrambling to defend the pontiff as anger built in the Islamic world over his comments during a trip to Germany.
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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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Muslim religious leaders accuse Pope Benedict XVI of quoting anti-Islamic remarks in a speech this week.
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Pope Benedict said on Sunday he   was "deeply sorry" at the anger caused by his remarks on Islam   and said a quote he used from a medieval text about holy wars   did not reflect his personal thoughts.
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Pakistan's parliament unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI on Friday for making what it called "derogatory" comments about Islam and demanded he apologize.
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The Vatican used the stage of   the United Nations on Wednesday to try to make amends for   remarks by Pope Benedict that drew fury from Muslims worldwide.
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Pope Benedict said on Wednesday   that his use of medieval quotes critical of Islam in a speech   in Germany last week, that infuriated Muslims worldwide, did   not reflect his own convictions and were misunderstood.
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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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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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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said a Vatican   statement on Saturday saying Pope Benedict was sorry for   upsetting Muslims with his comments on Islam did not go far   enough.