The Pope has risked a renewed rift with the Islamic world by baptising a Muslim journalist who describes Islam as intrinsically violent and characterised by “hate and intolerance”.
In a surprise move at the Easter vigil at St Peter’s, Pope Benedict XVI baptised Magdi Allam, 55, an outspoken Egyptian-born critic of Islamic extremism and supporter of Israel.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
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More on this at Pope baptizes "Muslim Zionist" at http://uruknet.info/?p=m42326&s1=h1, and Muslim, Italian and Zionist at http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=877090.
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