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Do Christians and Muslims have equal rights?

BBC News

Catholic and Muslim leaders are meeting from 4th-6th November to launch a new Catholic-Muslim forum.

It is an unprecedented initiative by the Vatican to improve relations between the two faiths.

The BBC's Christopher Landau has been looking at the state of Catholic-Muslim relations.

The current mosque in Cologne

The mosque in Cologne is due to be replaced by a big new one

In the first of two reports, he travelled to the German city of Cologne, where the largely Turkish Muslim community plans to build one of Europe's largest mosques.

The church in Tarsus

The Turkish government runs the Tarsus church as a museum

Civic and Christian leaders have backed the right of Muslims to worship freely, but they are also calling for increased religious freedom for Christians in Turkey.

Christopher Landau's first report comes from Cologne.

Listen Listen to his first report (4 mins 26 secs)

His second report comes from south-eastern Turkey.

Listen Listen to his second report (4 mins 16 secs)