Editing Pope Benedict XVI (section)

==== Islam ====
{{Main|Pope Benedict XVI and Islam}}

Benedict's relations with [[Islam]] were strained at times. On 12 September 2006, he delivered [[Regensburg lecture|a lecture which touched on Islam at the University of Regensburg]] in Germany. He had served there as a professor of theology before becoming Pope, and his lecture was entitled "Faith, Reason and the University{{snd}}Memories and Reflections". The lecture received much attention from political and religious authorities. Many [[Islamic world|Islamic politicians and religious leaders]] registered their protest against what they labelled an insulting mischaracterization of Islam, although his focus was aimed towards the rationality of religious violence, and its effect on the religion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5348436.stm|title=In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope|date=16 September 2006|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5353208.stm |title=Pope sorry for offending Muslims |work=BBC News |date=17 September 2006 |access-date=2 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820032525/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5353208.stm |archive-date=20 August 2011 }}</ref> Muslims were particularly offended by a passage that the Pope quoted in his speech: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."<ref name="BBC1" />

The passage originally appeared in the ''Dialogue Held with a Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg.html|title=Apostolic Journey to München, Altötting and Regensburg: Meeting with the representatives of science in the Aula Magna of the University of Regensburg (September 12, 2006) &#124; Benedict XVI|website=vatican.va}}</ref> written in 1391 as an expression of the views of the [[Byzantine]] emperor [[Manuel II Palaeologus]], one of the last Christian rulers before the [[Fall of Constantinople]] to the Muslim [[Ottoman Empire]], on such issues as [[forced conversion]], [[holy war]], and the relationship between [[faith]] and [[reason]]. According to the German text, the Pope's original comment was that the emperor "addresses his interlocutor in an astoundingly harsh{{snd}}to us surprisingly harsh{{snd}}way" ({{langx|de|wendet er sich in erstaunlich schroffer, uns überraschend schroffer Form}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/de/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg.html|title=Apostolische Reise nach München, Altötting und Regensburg: Treffen mit den Vertretern der Wissenschaft in der Aula Magna der Universität Regensburg (12. September 2006) &#124; Benedikt XVI|website=vatican.va}}</ref> Benedict apologized for any offence he had caused and made a point of visiting [[Turkey]], a predominantly Muslim country, and praying in its [[Blue Mosque, Istanbul|Blue Mosque]]. Benedict planned on 5 March 2008, to meet with Muslim scholars and religious leaders autumn 2008 at a Catholic-Muslim seminar in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/05/pope.muslims/index.html|title=Pope to hold seminar with Muslims |publisher=CNN|date=5 March 2008|access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref> That meeting, the "First Meeting of the [[Catholic-Muslim Forum]]", was held from 4–6 November 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-24175?l=english |title=Final Statement of Catholic-Muslim Forum |publisher=Zenit |date=6 November 2008 |access-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608000710/http://www.zenit.org/article-24175?l=english |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> On 9 May 2009, Benedict visited the King Hussein Mosque in [[Amman]], Jordan where he was addressed by [[Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad]].<ref name="Signs_of_Hope">Saleh, Fakhri [http://en.qantara.de/Signs-of-Hope/9472c9571i1p642/ "Arab Reactions to the Pope's Visit Signs of Hope"] [[Qantara.de]] 18 May 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2011 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406114314/http://en.qantara.de/Signs-of-Hope/9472c9571i1p642/ WebCitation archive]</ref>