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<b>Turkish official compares pope to Hitler</b>
<i>Politician joins outcry across Muslim world over pontiff's comments in Islam</i>
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On Friday, Pakistan’s parliament adopted a resolution condemning Benedict for making what it called “derogatory” comments about Islam, and seeking an apology. Hours later, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry summoned the Vatican’s ambassador to express regret over the pope’s remarks Tuesday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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“One would expect a religious leader such as the pope to act and speak with responsibility and repudiate the Byzantine emperor’s views in the interests of truth and harmonious relations between the followers of Islam and Catholicism,” said Muhammad Abdul Bari, the council’s secretary-general.

<b>Many Muslims accused Benedict of seeking to promote Judeo-Christian dominance over Islam</b>.

<b>Few in Turkey, especially, failed to pick up on Benedict’s reference to Istanbul as Constantinople — the city’s name more than 500 years ago — before it was conquered by Muslim Ottoman Turks.</b>
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