GLOBE & MAIL: COLOGNE, Germany — A plan to build a large mosque in Cologne, home to one of Christianity's most imposing cathedrals, is causing sparks to fly in the once peaceful world of inter-religious dialogue in Germany.
The local Catholic leader, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, has said the project gives him "a bad feeling" and Turkey should allow its Christian minorities more rights if Turkish immigrants here can stamp a dome and tall minarets onto the city skyline.
At a discussion in Cologne with a Muslim leader last month, Germany's top Protestant bishop, Wolfgang Huber, criticized the "male domination" he saw in Islam and said Muslims should be able to convert to Christianity without fearing reprisals. Minarets versus church spires (more) By Tom Heneghan (Reuters)
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