Unlike his predecessors, Benedict has been outspoken in his concern for the plight of Christian minorities in Islamic countries.

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Christian clergy in Muslim countries are so terrified of Islamic aggression that they systematically hide the truth of their oppression and often distort their own theology to win the tolerance of supremacist Islamic authorities.

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However long it takes for the Muslim reaction to Pope Benedict's remarks to die down, the risk of a broad deterioration in relations between historically Christian and historically Muslim countries may have grown more serious.

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