Obama’s Ramadan Message
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, August 21, 2009 4:32 PM
In the above video of his remarks yesterday marking the beginning of Islam’s Ramadan season, President Barack Obama again demonstrates his determination to communicate to Muslims that he understands and sympathizes with their concerns and that he respects Islam as a major religion that makes a positive contribution to the world.
This same intent was affirmed earlier this year, in the major... READ MORE
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Pope at Mosque: 'Embrace Reason'
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:02 AM
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by a Muslim sheikh upon his arrival at Queen Alia International airport in Amman yesterday. He spoke at a Jordanian mosque today. (REUTERS/Ali Jarekji)
Our “task is the challenge to cultivate for the good, in the context of faith and truth, the vast potential of human reason,” Pope Benedict XVI said at a Jordanian mosque today, revisiting his Regensberg subject. “This understanding of reason,” he added, “contains a sense of both hope and caution ....”
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Discourse of Pope Benedict XVI at the Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque in... READ MORE
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