Vatican Stops Short of Apology as Muslim Leaders Decry Comments
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI "sincerely regrets" that Muslims have been offended by his words about Islam and violence in a speech, the Vatican said Saturday in a statement which stopped short of the apology demanded by many Muslim leaders in the Middle East and Asia.
Anger and some violence — Palestinians attacked four churches in the West bank town of Nablus — erupted through much of the Muslim world over a speech Benedict delivered to Regensburg university professors during a pilgrimage earlier in the week to his native Germany.
On Tuesday, Benedict, quoting from an obscure Medieval text, cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's founder, as "evil and inhuman."
Turkey cast some doubt on whether Benedict will travel there in November in what would be his first trip to a Muslim nation. Morocco recalled its ambassador to the Holy See to protest "offensive" remarks by the pope.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that the pontiff apologize to the Muslim world. When asked if the flap would affect the planned trip to Istanbul, where the pope hopes to meet with Orthodox leaders who are headquartered there, Erdogan left open the possibility of cancellation.
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