Let’s hope he’s unapologetic – the time for voicing regrets is over — and raises the key questions: Is it true or false that “God is not pleased by blood”? Do Muslims today condone or condemn the spreading of the faith by the sword (or at gunpoint, as recently happened in Gaza). Also, as I suggested last week, after this meeting in the Vatican, the Pontiff should ask to be invited to visit Mecca.

Among legitimate grievances (of Christians and Jews) ought to be that non-Muslims are prohibited from visiting Muslim holy sites. Imagine if the Vatican were off limits to Muslims. Imagine if Jerusalem were.

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