"Ratz."
Pope sorry for offending Muslims
In a speech at Regensburg University, German-born Pope Benedict XVI quoted an Emperor of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire regarding:
"part of the dialogue carried on - perhaps in 1391 in the winter barracks near Ankara - by the erudite Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an educated Persian on the subject of Christianity and Islam, and the truth of both."
[The Emperor] "addresses his interlocutor with a startling brusqueness on the central question about the relationship between religion and violence in general, saying: "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."
The speech incensed Muslims across the world, resulting in the Pontif's belated apology and putting an imminent visit to Turkey into question.
[Read the Pope's entire speech [37KB PDF]]
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