"ANALYSIS - Both sides feel threats in Pope-Islam row
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - One of the most basic human instincts is to defend oneself when threatened. It's a gut feeling that triggers vigorous reactions, often far stronger than those seen when calm prevails.
The crisis over Pope Benedict's remarks about Islam seems to play this pattern out on a global scale, Muslim and Christian analysts say. Only a few words suffice to turn a comment into an insult and conjure up an 'Islam versus the West' conflict. "
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