Sister Harb
05-10-2009, 02:58 PM
The pope is hoping to earn some plaudits when he visits the Al Hussein Bin Talal Mosque, the second such visit to a Muslim place of worship during his papacy. There, he will also discuss with Muslim leaders inter-faith dialogue and co-existence.
The pope's visit to the mosque and the meeting with Muslim leaders is interpreted by some Jordanians as an indirect apology that would not undermine his papal credibility.
The Muslim Brotherhood, however, have been excluded from the dialogue in what they suspect is a move by the Jordanian authorities - and not the Vatican - to avoid any controversy or confrontation between the pontiff and the country's largest opposition group.
Curbing the Muslim Brotherhood has typically been a strategy the Jordanian authorities have used in their of relations with the group.
Many in the Orthodox Christian community also believe the Vatican should apologise to Muslims in an effort to safeguard the peaceful inter-faith co-existence that has prevailed in Jordan.
Odeh Kawwas, an elected member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and a former Christian MP, says apologies have been made by the Vatican to Jews over the Holocaust and, therefore, an apology extended to Muslims is necessary, particularly while the pope is on Jordanian soil.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/05/2009571504598622.html
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The pope's visit to the mosque and the meeting with Muslim leaders is interpreted by some Jordanians as an indirect apology that would not undermine his papal credibility.
The Muslim Brotherhood, however, have been excluded from the dialogue in what they suspect is a move by the Jordanian authorities - and not the Vatican - to avoid any controversy or confrontation between the pontiff and the country's largest opposition group.
Curbing the Muslim Brotherhood has typically been a strategy the Jordanian authorities have used in their of relations with the group.
Many in the Orthodox Christian community also believe the Vatican should apologise to Muslims in an effort to safeguard the peaceful inter-faith co-existence that has prevailed in Jordan.
Odeh Kawwas, an elected member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and a former Christian MP, says apologies have been made by the Vatican to Jews over the Holocaust and, therefore, an apology extended to Muslims is necessary, particularly while the pope is on Jordanian soil.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/05/2009571504598622.html
http://www.pls48.net/Web/Data/2009/5/10/57894.jpg
http://www.pls48.net/Web/Data/2009/5/10/G37553/57895.jpg
http://www.pls48.net/Web/Data/2009/5/10/G37553/57896.jpg