“Even when there is a struggle between nations it cannot be turned into a war of religions.”

— Shlomo Amar

In a letter to Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi criticizing the pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam. http://web.archive.org/web/20081201181916/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763616.html (17/09/2006)

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Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem 1948

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