Your Excellency Pope Benedict XVI

With greeting,

Considering your utterances in Germany rebuking and reproaching Islam and the ruling of Islamic Jihad (Holy War), hurting the feelings of all Moslems, I, as one of the Moslems’ religious authorities, having many followers all around the world, and the writer of more than 130 books in various Islamic sciences, including more than 40 books about commentary of Holy Quran, invite you to participate in a scientific and logical debate in a live broadcast with me to discuss about two issues:

1- Does Islam advocate violence or it invites to peace, amity and kindness?

2- Did Islam spread throughout the world through the force of sword or the extreme logic, reasoning and attraction of Islamic culture?

I will be glad to declare that I leave the time and location to you, and do not have any condition for it. I hope you would declare your agreement with this.

Wishing your ever success,

Nasser Makarem Shirazi

25.09.2006

Islamic Seminary of Qom

Islamic Republic of Iran

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The invitation letter was sent to Vatican embassy in Tehran in Persian and English, but we have not received any reply yet!!