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It was magical inside the great hall of Cairo University, said Emad el-Din Adib, one of the Middle East's famous media personalities.

At a Mass to wrap up his weeklong pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Benedict XVI tells the Israeli city's residents to work for peaceful coexistence. Celebrating Mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims in Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI today urged Christians and Muslims to reject the "hatred and prejudice" that have produced sporadic conflict in the predominantly Arab city.

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden accused moderate Arab leaders of plotting with the West against Muslims and urged his followers to prepare for jihad (holy war), in a recording aired by Al Jazeera television.

Many Muslims seem to believe that it is OK to teach hatred and violence in the name of their religion, and at the same time expect the world to respect Islam as "a religion of peace, love and harmony." A recent film, "Fitna", by Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders has shed light on this issue.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirms that Turkey will be the Islamic nation that President Barack Obama visits to keep his pledge of going to the Muslim nation in his first 100 days.

President Obama said his administration will offer a hand of friendship to the Muslim world, but will hunt down terrorist organizations that kill innocent civilians. "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama said in an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite television network.