The Pope respects them and is committed to dialogue? So what? He must kowtow. Nothing less than full submission will be acceptable. Pope Rage Update from Reuters, with thanks to Rudi:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An organization of 56 Islamic nations pressed Pope Benedict on Tuesday to apologize for his comments linking Muslims and violence, keeping alive a two-week-old controversy.
Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, or OIC, approved a statement urging the Vatican to “retract or redress” the comments, in which the pope cited quotes saying the Muslim faith was spread by violence.
The group issued its statement a day after Pope Benedict assured diplomats from some 20 Muslim nations and the leaders of Italy’s Muslim community that he respected them and was committed to dialogue.
It was the fourth time he had tried to make amends, without actually apologizing directly, for his September 12 speech at a university in his native Germany….
The OIC statement said Islamic nations’ foreign ministers “believe that it is befitting to the Vatican to retract or redress the said statement, in demonstration of the correct spirit of Christianity in dealing with Islamic issues.”
That “correct spirit” is to the OIC apparently utter deference and submission, in line with dhimmi status.