author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorOn November 30, 2006, Catholic Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The Pope’s historic visit to what tourists call the “Blue Mosque" was designed to symbolically ameliorate tensions caused by the Pope’s controversial speech a few weeks prior in Germany.https://www.insightturkey.com/author/joseph-hammond/the-rise-of-islamic-capitalism-why-the-new-muslim-middle-class-is-the-key-to-defeating-extremismhttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/joseph-hammond/the-rise-of-islamic-capitalism-why-the-new-muslim-middle-class-is-the-key-to-defeating-extremismSun, 01 Jan 2012 15:17:00 GMT