Pope to meet Islam[ic] leaders
By Guy Dinmore
Pope Benedict is to hold an unprecedented meeting with Islamic leaders and scholars in Rome in November after an agreement reached yesterday to establish a regular official dialogue between the two religions.
Theological and social issues, as well as terrorism, will be discussed at the Catholic-Muslim conference, which is to be called Love of God, Love of Neighbour.
It will bring together 24 religious leaders and scholars from each side. A second forum is to take place after two years, possibly in the Middle East.
The Catholic-Muslim Forum came out of an initiative launched by prominent Muslims in reaction to the bitter fallout that followed the Pope's 2006 speech in Regensburg, Germany, which offended many Muslims.
