Coming from a Turkish official is that a compliment or an insult?
From AP
Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted party joined a wave of criticism of Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, accusing him of trying to revive the spirit of the Crusades with remarks he made about Islam. A party official said the pontiff would go down in history “in the same category as leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini” for his words.
A few years ago, I bought then-Cardinal Ratzinger’s book, Truth and Tolerance and was deeply disappointed that he bracketed Islam, the topic I was most interested in, for discussion at a later time. I am glad to see that now is finally the time for discussion.