Don’t hold your breath, on second thought, maybe you should.

As part of yesterday’s Cairo visit by the Vatican envoy, Al-Azhar Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb demanded an official apology from Pope Benedict XVI for his insult to Islam, calling it a basic condition for renewing the interfaith dialogue between the two institutions.

Al-Azhar decided to freeze the dialogue with the Vatican in late January following Pope Benedict XVI’s criticism of Muslims’ treatment of Christians in the Middle East.

Source: Al-Ahram, Egypt, April 13, 2011