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…last week it was in favor of independence for Scotland, and now he’s saying that Muslims should apologize:<\/a><\/p>\n

THE leader of Scotland’s Roman Catholics, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has called for Muslims to apologise for the 9\/11 and 7\/7 bomb attacks, declaring that the public should not have to live "in fear of attack" from believers of the Islamic faith. <\/p>\n

In a move that has provoked a storm of outrage, the cardinal claims that, as the Pope apologised for the offence caused last month by his comments on the Islamic faith, so Muslims should now step up and say sorry for the attacks carried out in the name of their faith. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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