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During his papal tenure, Pope Benedict XVI focused on building on the outreach of his predecessors towards Islam, particularly on the efforts of Pope John Paul II, who experts say established trust and opened opportunities for dialogue with Muslims.
Feb 13, 2013 · As a student of Islamic philosophy and teacher of Islam for a quarter century, I was baffled by the skewed presentation which Pope Benedict XVI offered, in passing, in his now infamous homecoming ...
Sep 11, 2014 · Eight years ago Sept. 12, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism.
Pope Benedict XVI had a surprise guest at the Easter Vigil: A prominent Italian Muslim who had spent a year preparing to enter the Catholic Church. Magdi Allam, 56, was baptized March 22 in the globally televised Easter Vigil at St. Peters Basilica.
Papal Visit to Turkey. From November 28 - December 1, 2006, Pope Benedict visited Turkey, a predominantly Islamic nation, though with a secular government. Besides promoting ecumenical ties with Orthodox Christianity, the trip provided the occasion for several papal remarks addressed to Muslims.
As a part of his explication of this distinction, Pope Benedict referred to a specific aspect of Islam that Manuel II considered irrational, namely the practice of forced conversion.
Mar 4, 2009 · But last Easter, the Pope performed a high-profile baptism in St. Peter’s Basilica of Egyptian-born Italian journalist Magdi Allam, who converted from Islam.
