Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Pope hailed for praying towards Mecca like Muslims

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Religion & Spirituality » Muslim/Islam Group Donate to DU
 
PsychoDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-01-06 06:59 AM
Original message
Pope hailed for praying towards Mecca like Muslims
Pope hailed for praying towards Mecca like Muslims
Fri Dec 1, 2006 9:39 AM GMT

By Philip Pullella and Tom Heneghan

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying towards Mecca "like Muslims".
...

"The Pope's dreaded visit was concluded with a wonderful surprise," wrote daily Aksam on its front page.

"In Sultan Ahmet Mosque, he turned towards Mecca and prayed like Muslims," popular daily Hurriyet said, using the building's official name.


More Here:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-12-01T093908Z_01_L01869886_RTRUKOC_0_UK-POPE.xml&type=worldNews&WTmodLoc=World-C3-More-7

Refresh | 0 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Religion & Spirituality » Muslim/Islam Group Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC