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Vatican prods Muslims on religious freedom October 23, 2007
A Vatican representative, speaking at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has demanded recognition of religious freedoms in Muslim countries.
Msgr. Anthony Frontiero, the American-born Vatican representative at the OSCE, said that respect for religious freedom would entail allowing Christians to worship freely, and ending policies that bar Muslims from changing their religious affiliation.
The Vatican envoy's statement came after an Islamic leader had pushed for more concessions to Muslims living in Europe. Last week at an OSCE meeting in Madrid dedicated to the problem of "Islamophobia," the secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Mousa, demanded that the Catholic cathedral in Cordoba, which was once a mosque, be opened once again for Islamic prayer services.
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