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hrmjustin

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Mon Dec 1, 2014, 03:30 PM Dec 2014

Pope Francis Says Equating Islam With Violence Is Wrong

Reuters | By Philip Pullella

(Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype.

Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/pope-francis-islam-_n_6249350.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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