Boy is he confused.
Bruce http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/03/europe/EU_GEN_Italy_Turkey.php Italian FM says avoiding culture clash with Islam is a priority, cites pope's visit to Turkey The Associated Press <http://ad.fr.doubleclick.net/jump/europe.iht.com;cat=index;sz=336x280;ord=1 23456789?> <http://ad.fr.doubleclick.net/ad/europe.iht.com;cat=index;sz=336x280;ord=123 456789?> Avoiding a culture clash between the West and Islam is one of the world's top priorities and the pope's upcoming trip to Turkey is an important step in that direction, Italy's foreign minister said in an interview published Friday. The comments by Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema came one day after police in Istanbul detained a man who fired shots into the air outside the Italian consulate to protest Pope Benedict XVI's visit at the end of this month, and said he wanted to "strangle" the pope with his bare hands. "The pope's visit to Turkey is a sign of strong attention to a country where Islam is growing," D'Alema told Rome daily La Repubblica. "It's a gesture toward dialogue between civilizations and we express all our appreciation for it." Benedict is scheduled to visit Turkey between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. It would be Benedict's first visit as pope to a predominantly Muslim country, just two months after he provoked widespread anger by quoting an emperor who characterized the Prophet Muhammad's teachings as "evil and inhuman." The pope has since expressed regret for offending Muslims and called for dialogue with Islam. "Today's most important global challenge is to avoid a clash of civilizations," D'Alema said, arguing that allowing Turkey into the European Union also is a necessary step. "Opening the doors to integration into the EU of a great Islamic country is the true strategic answer to the theme of a clash of civilizations," D'Alema said. "The idea that 60 million Muslim citizens could become integrated in Europe's democratic values of democracy and freedom sends a very strong political and cultural message." Turkey opened membership talks with the EU in October 2005. But since then opposition has grown - notably in France and Germany - to bringing a large, poor, Muslim nation to the bloc, especially one that is slow to embrace basic political reforms and effectively refuses to recognize EU member Cyprus. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
