Thursday, July 26, 6:14 PM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe should not ignore the attempts to introduce Islamic values \u200b\u200bin the West, which could even threaten the continent's identity, on Thursday told a magazine the private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father has tried to emphasize that respects the Islamic faith since many Muslims were offended by a speech in Germany last year, arguing that linked Islam with violence.
"Attempts to Islamicize the West should not be ignored," said the private secretary Georg Gaenswein German magazine Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview that was published on its website.
"And the danger for the identity of Europe, which is connected to it, should not be ignored because of a stubborn respect," added Gaenswein. papal adviser told the magazine that the pontiff's speech in Regensburg, which included a medieval quotation stating that Islam was spread by the sword, should be offset any naivety about the Islamic faith. "Under the concept (of Islam) there are a number of different perspectives, sometimes contradictory, to include extremists who invoke the Koran in their actions and use weapons," he said.
Gaenswein gave no specific examples of alleged efforts to introduce Islamic values \u200b\u200bin the Western powers. The adviser also said that Pope Benedict XVI intends to work in interfaith dialogue and compromise in the debate to other faiths.
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