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Recently, Pope Benedict provoked strong protests among the Muslims by quoting a Byzantine emperor, who said that Islam is "evil and inhuman". Later, the Pope apologized in public and said that he did not intend to offend anybody. According to his words, he was misunderstood and his own beliefs did not coincide with those of the emperor.

The Holy Father gathered Muslim diplomats and appealed for good relations between the followers of Christianity and Islam, tolerance and “reciprocity in all fields”, as well as religious freedom. Thus, he came upon the issue for the Vatican in Saudi Arabia and other countries, where non-Muslims cannot worship freely.

Furthermore, the Holy See's ambassadors, working in Muslim countries organized a meeting with local officials to assure them that Pope Benedict respects Islamic religion and to insist on a complete reading of his speech, which explored the relationship between faith and reason.