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Benedict XVI: quoted a Byzantine emperor who said Islam had brought only "evil" (Photo: Wikipedia)

Centre-right MEPs suggest Pope clause in Turkey report

Angry Muslim reaction to the Pope's recent remarks on Islam has seen some centre-right MEPs make a last-minute attempt to insert a paragraph condemning the Muslim outcry into a major report on Turkey's EU accession progress.

The Pope affair also saw the conservative deputies campaigning to toughen the general wording of the report – to be voted on in Strasbourg on Wednesday (27 September) - during this week's meeting of the EPP-ED group.

But with a draft version of the report al...

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Benedict XVI: quoted a Byzantine emperor who said Islam had brought only "evil" (Photo: Wikipedia)

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