‘Pope Benedict has had a meeting with Oriana Fallaci, the Italian author of best-selling books that criticise Islam, it was reported on Tuesday.

Italian news agency Ansa quoted Vatican sources as saying the private meeting took place on Saturday at the Pope’s summer residence in Castelgandolfo, near Rome.

The Vatican was not immediately available to comment, but one official, who declined to give his name, said such a meeting had been under discussion for a long time.

Fallaci lives in New York and has regularly provoked the wrath of Muslims with her outspoken criticism of Islam and Arab states after the September 11, 2001, attacks on US cities. ‘

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