Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Religious leaders to discuss right of Christians to build churches in Muslim countries

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3379792/Religious-leaders-to-discuss-right-of-Christians-to-build-churches-in-Muslim-countries.html

[Telegraph] 5 Nov 2008--The unprecedented Catholic-Muslim forum has been convened to rebuild bridges between the two faiths after Pope Benedict XVI caused outrage by linking Islam with violence during a speech in 2006.

The leader of the Catholic delegation, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said Muslims were allowed to build mosques in Christian countries so it was only right that Islamic nations should reciprocate by allowing the construction of churches.

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