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Speaking with Al Jazeera, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue lamented mutual ignorance between Christians and Muslims.
"We succeeded in avoiding the clash of civilizations; let us avoid a clash of ignorance," said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. In Europe, he stated, "there is a fear of Islam, but it is due to ignorance."
"If you speak to right-wing groups, you realize that they have never opened a Qur'an and never met a Muslim.," he continued. "There needs to be a big effort to educate, to inform them … because most of the problems are coming from misinterpretation or ignorance."