i cannot comment on that one imam, he could possibly be a good person (or not).. I do not know
but
a “new page with Islam” is hardly the case, alas...
so long as their Koran and Hadiths (commentaries to Koran, in effect) ... remain unreformed....and so long as their clerics keep preaching hate and death or at least conquering and subjugation of Christians, Jews, Hindus, and everyone else on earth
and so long as Islam is best known for its many mass-murdering terrorist murder gangs like PLO PA Hamas Isis Al Quaida Moslem Brotherhood Hezballah and dozens more... all the way from the Phillipines to Europe with cells infiltrated now into many USA cities
so long as Islam remains a hate-filled, Satanic war cult
bent on our destruction
there has, regretfully, NOT been any “new page in relations with Islam”...
Il Papa is either bamboozled (probably?), or else traitor (hopefully, prayerfully.. not!)
See post #6.
The very least Francis could be doing is raising theological questions on the assertions made in the Islamic codex (which is their code of observance and behavior) known as Sharia, Beginning with this question
http://www.theusmat.com/islamandfreewill.htm
Instead of reaching out to and defending what Judeo/Christian beliefs are. Challenging the claims that Islamist make they are following God’s command when ruthlessly murdering and torturing non believers and destroy their edifices. Parties with suppressors of the faith