[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Fresh criticism of Pope's remarks
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Last Updated: Saturday, 16 September 2006, 07:45 GMT 08:45 UK
Fresh criticism of Pope's remarks
There have been street protests in several countries
Criticism is continuing to pour in from religious and political leaders
in the Muslim world following remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about Islam.
Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, spoke of sinister tendencies to
link terror with Islam which gave rise to an ominous alienation with the West.
Pope Benedict, who is back in Italy, is said to be upset at the way in
which his remarks have been interpreted.
Correspondents say his visit to mainly Muslim Turkey in November is in
doubt.
Speaking in Germany on Thursday, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian
emperor who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and
inhuman" things.
'Take full responsibility'
Speaking at the Non-Aligned Movement's summit in Cuba, Gen Musharraf
added his voice to those of a host of Muslim leaders who have criticised the
Pope.
The Pope must not take lightly the spread of outrage that has been
created
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Malaysian prime minister
Key excerpts: Pope's speech
In quotes: Muslim reaction
In pictures: Muslim anger
"Our strategy must clearly oppose the sinister tendencies to associate
terrorism with Islam and discrimination against Muslims, which are giving rise
to an ominous alienation between the west and the world of Islam," he said.
At the same meeting, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said
the Pope had to do more to calm Muslim emotions.
"The Pope must not take lightly the spread of outrage that has been
created," he said, quoted by Malaysia's Bernama news agency.
"The Vatican must now take full responsibility over the matter and carry
out the necessary steps to rectify the mistake."
But German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the pontiff, saying critics
misunderstood the aim of the speech.
Meanwhile In Turkey, the first Muslim country the Pope is due to visit in
November, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford says the criticism is mounting, not fading.
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Vatican braced for anger
So far, there have only been minor street protests, she says, but there
is widespread anger at the Pope from Turks, many of whom are still smarting at
the Pope's previous comments - that Turkey belongs to a different cultural
sphere and has no place in Europe.
The BBC's Arab affairs analyst, Magdi Abdelhadi, says the reason for the
vehemence of Muslim reaction is simple: America's global "war on terror" is
perceived by many Muslims as a modern crusade against Islam.
But he says the culture of 24-hour news, whereby comments can be taken
out of context, disseminated and recycled, has also played a part.
'Renunciation of violence'
In Germany, the Pope's homeland, Chancellor Merkel said the Pope had
spoken in favour of dialogue between religions, "which is something I also
support and consider urgent and necessary.
"What Benedict XVI emphasised was a decisive and uncompromising
renunciation of all forms of violence in the name of religion," she said.
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The Vatican has also rejected the interpretation of the pontiff's remarks
as an attack on Islam, and has said he intended no offence.
In his speech at Regensburg University, the German-born Pope explored the
historical and philosophical differences between Islam and Christianity, and
the relationship between violence and faith.
Stressing that they were not his own words, he quoted Emperor Manuel II
Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire, the Orthodox Christian empire which had its
capital in what is now the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The emperor's words were, he said: "Show me just what Muhammad brought
that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his
command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Benedict said "I quote" twice to stress the words were not his and added
that violence was "incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the
soul"
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