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Article: Pope Benedict was attacking the West, not Islam

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September 23, 2006
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When he delivered his lecture on 'Faith, Reason and the University' in Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI said some provocative and contentious things. His comment on Islam was only one of them, and was by no means the most significant; but quoting the judgment of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus that certain aspects of Islam were 'evil and inhuman' was the most arresting and has caused a worldwide furore.

Some have criticised Pope Benedict for being tactless; others on the grounds that what the emperor Manuel II said is not true.

The Pope himself has said that he does not share the emperor's view of Islam, but there can be no doubt about the facts of the matter:

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