The Pope irritates the Muslim world

Pawel Lisicki, the newspaper's new editor in chief, recommends that the Pope take a hard line on Muslims. "Muslims, or at least the leading figures of the Muslim community, are not interested in establishing dialogue – a discussion in which two sides put forward their arguments – with the church. They just want Christians to capitulate. They're simply not interested in free discussion without the use of violence, something of which the West is rightly proud. The different churches and governments of the West should rethink their strategy regarding Muslims. They should at least demand that Christians living in Islamic countries be granted the same rights and freedoms as Muslims who live in the West… They should also make symbolic gestures to show that the times of lenience have come to an end. Pope Benedict XVI should respond to the Turkish prime minister's words by cancelling his visit to that country."

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