"Yesterday, Benedict did with the Muslims what John Paul did with the Jews." veteran Vatican mediator Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. Source
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Pope makes historic mosque visit, prays with Mufti
By Philip Pullella and Daren Butler
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday, only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to take such a step, and prayed silently in another gesture of reconciliation to the Muslim world.
The Pope stood alongside an Islamic cleric during his visit, which came after he infuriated Muslims with comments taken as indicating he thought Islam was violent and irrational.
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