“Our communities must face daily not a few difficulties of an economic order; above all, however, they must be able to react to an inferiority complex in the face of an oppressive Muslim majority, which makes them feel oppressed and can make them think that they are the "infidels."”

— Martin Kmetec

Source: Benedict XVI's Visit to Turkey: the Context https://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=3827 (November 2006)

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