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A group of 10 French imams will meet Pope Francis on Wednesday in the latest sign of rapprochement between the Vatican and the Muslim world.
The meeting has been organised by Marek Halter, a French Jewish author known for promoting religious tolerance who has organised similar initiatives in the past.
"I thought: Here's a pope who can do what the previous pope did not do. He can reconcile Christianity with Islam," Halter said.