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...virtual illiteracy about the religious histories, traditions, and values of people who are near-neighbors is widespread. Hair-trigger media coverage turns obscure Danish cartoons or a university lecture by Pope Benedict XVI into international controversies. We live in such virtual proximity today that stereotypes and half-truths are not only unacceptable in world affairs, but dangerous...
...making the war on secularism a defining feature of his papacy. France's presidential aspirant Nicolas Sarkozy suggested in a recent book that France might reconsider the possibility of state funding for religious institutions. The age of keeping God out of politics is over, says Jytte Klausen, a Danish political scientist and author of The Islamic Challenge, a recent study of Muslim élites in Europe. "European politics," she says "is no longer a religion-free zone." Battle lines are being drawn that have not been seen for decades. They are not necessarily between Christian and Muslim. They are instead...
...this week has put it all to a test. Ecumenism, open forums, and the coexistence of faith and reason have been jeopardized by violence from leading Muslims, just as if the Danish cartoons had been reprinted. And the irony of it all matters little when compared to its consequences...
...words, a nun in Africa was shot four times in the back in an attack reportedly related to the speech. Sister Leonella Sgorbati was 65 years old, and worked at a Somali children’s hospital far away from her Italian homeland. If the reactions to the Danish cartoons are any guide, this is merely the beginning...
...religion. The Pope did not offend Mohammed," said Padovese. "But there has to be a freedom of expression. Within a dialogue among religions, one must set the confines. Dialoguing doesn't mean renouncing your faith or your point of view. Because we're not talking about something like the [Danish] cartoons. In fact, the Pope said the West is wrong when it offends and denigrates that which is sacred to people." Still Padovese said that while he was listening to the Pope's speech live on television, he knew there would be an outcry from some corners in Turkey...