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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Accepts Pope's Apology
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=13FD008:A6F02AD83191E1606E70BAF03A692FC19574F7DCC14957C0 A top official of
the banned but tolerated Brotherhood, Muhammad Habib, said in Cairo he
considered the Pope's new statement to be a retraction Egypt's Muslim
Brotherhood says the Pope's comments Sunday amount to a sufficient
apology for his earlier remark about Islam.

A top official of the banned but tolerated Brotherhood, Muhammad
Habib, said in Cairo he considered the Pope's new statement to be a
retraction.  He said the group still hopes the Pope will further
explain his views about Islam.

Elsewhere, Muslims continued to protest the Pope's comments last week
in an address in Germany.

Two more churches in the West Bank were set on fire in apparent
retaliation for the pope's remarks. One of Sunday's attacks caused
serious damage to a church in the town of Tulkarem. The other incident
took place in the village of Tubas near Jenin, where a small church
was partially burned after being hit by firebombs.

In Qom, Iran, several hundred theology students protested against the
Pope's remarks.

And a senior Iranian cleric, Ahmad Khatami, said the Pope should learn
about Islam.

In Regensburg, Germany, this week, the Pope quoted from a 14th century
Byzantine emperor who apparently said that some of the teachings of
the Prophet Muhammad brought "evil and inhuman" things to the world.

On Thursday, a senior Turkish cleric said the Pope had hate in his
heart and should reconsider a planned visit to Turkey.   Some
information for this report was provided by  AP and Reuters.


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