Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion
articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic
Church in
which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German
university.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
A review of the
statements made in response to statements made by Pope Benedict XVI of the Vatican in Germany
which sparked
anger from many Arab and Islamic countries as well as from Muslim communities in Europe. Calls were
made for
a clear official apology.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Dr Hulsman analyses the lecture of Pope Benedict, noting that the text showed that his lecture was unfortunate but the translation made it even worse. The report notes several translation mistakes from the original German text to English. The Arabic texts were then translations of the English....