Pope set to meet Muslims to try to defuse crisis - Scotsman

By Robin Pomeroy CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Benedict assured Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to dialogue, in an unprecedented encounter to defuse anger at his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword. In a speech to diplomatic envoys from some 20 Muslim countries plus the leaders of Italy's own Muslim community at his summer residence south of Rome, the Pope said both Christians and Muslims had to reject violence. Several of the envoys who attended ...