VATICAANSTAD - pope Benedictus XVI will meet later this year religious LEADERS and scientists from the Islamic world. That the vaticaan has announced Wednesday. The meeting will take place around a forum meeting of catholic and Islamic scientists in Rome, of 4 up to 6 November. The vaticaan calls the announced papal audience ‘ historical ‘ and hopes on improvement in the relations with moderate Moslems. Those deteriorated by a speech of the pope in 2006, in which he quoted a medieval citaat concerning Islam and violence. Previous year wrote to 138 Islamic scientists and intellectuals a letter to the pope to convene to cooperation on the basis of a common belief in one god. Afgezanten of that group have held for two days conversations in the vaticaan, under others with cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Council for interreligieuze dialogue of the vaticaan, to prepare the audience.