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Christianity, Islam and the Pope...
...anticipation of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, we explored how the Pontiff's remarks on Islam have made him a lightning rod in conflicts worldwide pitting that faith against the West. Prayers for peace, suggested readers, would be answered only through some soul searching by members of all faiths...
...would be better if Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders would seek open dialogue with Muslim clerics rather than confront them with inflammatory debate [Nov. 27]. Christianity and Islam have glorious yet violent pasts; both have lost their way with stubborn claims to exclusive truth and the consequent rise of intolerant fundamentalism. Leaders of neither religion can claim the moral high ground, given their failure to shelter the innocent during the great wars and genocides of the 20th century. In the 21st century, both religions have the moral obligation to face the future together...
...latest report debunks the Arab conspiracy theory that promoting women's rights is part of a Western plot against Islam. On the contrary, the panelists point out, the advancement of women has long been an Arab goal - Egyptian women's rights organizations date back to 1881, for example. "The rise of Arab women," the report argues, "is in fact a prerequisite for an Arab renaissance and causally linked to the fate of the Arab world and its achievement of human development...
...latest project for his cousin is not another bar, however, but a mosque that is being privately funded. "Yes, people are surprised that a woman has been chosen, because some think that Islam is all about male power," says Fadillioglu, who aligns herself with the liberal side of the faith. "There is nothing about covering in the book," she explains, when quizzed about why many Muslim women here do not cover up and are passionate in their freedom not to do so, while other women, including the Prime Minister's wife, are equally insistent on wearing a head scarf...