Pope S Turkey Visit Raises Tensions
“We’re here because the Pope has insulted our prophet and our religion,” said one young Muslim activist, a woman who gave only her first name, Emine. “He is not welcome here unless he apologizes for the insult.” Before the demonstration dissolved peacefully, just minutes after the protest license granted by the Istanbul municipal authority expired, the protesters—supporters of the Islamist Saadet party—unfurled a petition of tens of thousands of names calling for the Pope not to come to Turkey....