The Catholic Church Demands Reciprocity from Muslims

by Daniel Pipes
Sat, 9 Jun 2007
updated Tue, 25 Dec 2007

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Cardinal Karl Lehmann.

Already in late 2003, the Vatican equivalent of foreign minister, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, demanded reciprocity: "Just as Muslims can build their houses of prayer anywhere in the world, the faithful of other religions should be able to do so as well." Especially since the accession of Pope Benedict XVI, I noted a year ago (in "The Vatican Confronts Islam") Catholic demands for reciprocity have grown. Today, we learn at "Kardinal möchte in Saudi-Arabien Messe lessen," they took a new and specific form, as Cardinal Karl Lehmann, head of the German bishops' conference, has demanded that if Muslims can built mosques in Europe, he should be able to hold a mass in Saudi Arabia. (June 9, 2007)

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