Thursday, November 30, 2006

Al Jazeera English - Turks make peace with the Pope

"Turks make peace with the Pope
By David O'Byrne in Istanbul

On the face of it, the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey could not have come at a worse time.

Only two months ago the recently elected pontiff managed to cause furore in the Islamic world with a remark made in a speech in Germany in which he appeared to claim that Islam was a religion of violence and barbarism."

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