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The Pope Speech Fallout
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The Pope apologizes for comments he made about Islam but the controversy and fallout continues. We’ll look at the awkward dialogue of two great faiths.

Guests:

Tracy Wilkinson, Rome Bureau Chief for LA Times;
John Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, and author of “What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam.”;
Scott Appleby, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, and Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and author of numerous
books including “The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence and Reconciliation.”

Imam Salih Yucel, Second Imam at the Revere Mosque in Revere, Mass, founder of the Boston Dialogue Foundation, and Muslim Chaplain at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital in
Boston.

 
 

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