Pope invites Muslim envoys to meeting on Monday
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Pope Benedict has invited the   ambassadors of Muslim countries at the Vatican, as well as   leaders of Italy's own Muslim community, to a meeting on Monday   at his summer palace, a senior Vatican official said on Friday.
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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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Pope Benedict meets Muslim   ambassadors and Italian Islamic leaders later on Monday in an   unprecedented move to try to defuse anger over his use of a   medieval text which says their religion was spread by violence.
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Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Pope Benedict XVI, who sparked Muslim anger in September when he quoted a 14th-century ruler's characterization of Islam as a religion spread by violence, reached further back for more conciliatory words yesterday as he began a four-day visit to Turkey, his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world over his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim envoys Monday their two faiths must overcome historic enmities and together reject violence, saying the future of humanity is at stake.
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The newly appointed head of the Vatican office that specializes in relations with Muslims pledged Wednesday to back the moderate forces within Islam to improve dialogue and help defeat extremist groups that encourage terrorism.
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Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker.
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Turkey prepared a muted welcome for Pope Benedict on Tuesday as the pontiff embarked on a highly sensitive visit to a mostly Muslim country still smarting from controversial comments he made about Islam.
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Leaders of Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups want to meet with President Bush to discuss a renewed role by the United States in Mideast peace initiatives.
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A meeting with Muslim diplomats Monday was Pope Benedict XVI's latest effort to mend relations after remarks about Islam and violence that ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.
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Pope Benedict should use a planned trip   to Turkey in November to rebuild ties with the Muslim world,   badly strained by his comments that portrayed Islam as a   religion tainted by violence, analysts say.
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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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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Sept. 25 -- Pope Benedict XVI assured Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to dialogue, in an unprecedented encounter designed to defuse anger over his use of a quotation suggesting their faith was spread by the sword.
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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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The foreign ministers of seven key Muslim nations will meet in Pakistan this weekend to discuss a joint strategy to end the worsening turmoil in the Middle East, officials said Friday.
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A Venice confab among those on the front-line helps the Church formulate its thinking on how to relate to Islam