The Muslim community of Cagliari: “We also want to welcome the Pope” Sulaiman Hijazi

May 16, 2013 Muslims also want to welcome to Cagliari “with joy” the news of the visit of Pope Francis to the city. “The Muslim world just saw the new Pope, and immediately hoped for a change in the Church, especially with regard to an interreligious dialogue,” said the spokesman of the Islamic community Sulaiman

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Tariq Ramadan’s interpretation of Pope Benedict XVI

* POPE BENEDICT XVI: SUMMING UP *CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS * Tuesday, 5 March 2013* It can only be hoped that the next pope will be better fitted to grasp the great issues of the day. Pope Benedict will not have left his mark on history quite as decisively as his predecessor, John Paul

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Holy Land: Christians and Muslims remember Pope Benedict the XVI

3/8/2013 RadioVaticana During the past few days, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Druze and greek-orthodox organized moments of prayer and initiatives to commemorate Benedict XVI as they all await the election the new Successor. Some communities even asked Muslims to express their opinion of Pope Benedict XVI. Many cited the Regensburg speech, in which, according to this

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Pope Benedict XVI and Turkey’s Muslims – The Eternal Theologian

Pope Benedict XVI was only just in the process of becoming a Pope. He will be remembered by the Turks as someone who got lost in this process. How Turkish Muslims viewed Benedict XVI. By Kerim Balci The Turks often view global events from the perspective of their own domestic politics. In Turkey, the unexpected

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Reactions to the Pope’s Resignation in the Arab World

Ilsussidiario.it (the subsidiary) 12 February 2013 Pope Benedict XVI announced that he will be stepping down at the end of month. Many news outlets have begun to discuss this pope’s relations with Muslims as well as how a future pope may interact with the Muslim faith. The Subsidiary published an overview of the Pope’s interactions

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