sourceITALY'S top Muslim official said today he considered Pope Benedict XVI's apology to Islam as a "chapter closed" which had reopened a path to dialogue between the two religions.
"We consider the chapter closed and we believe the way to dialogue has been reopened," said Abdallah Redouane, the moderate head of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Italy.
Mr Redouane was speaking at an inter-faith meeting with Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders hosted by Rome city hall in an effort to help quell worldwide Muslim anger over the Pope's recent speech in which he linked Islam and violence.
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