Pakistan's parliament has unanimously adopted a resolution that condemns Pope Benedict XVI for what it describes as his "derogatory" remarks about Islam.

The resolution, which was moved by lawmaker Fazal Karim in Friday's session, also demanded an apology for hurting the sentiments of Muslims.

The resolution was supported by both government and opposition lawmakers in Pakistan's lower house of parliament known as the National Assembly.

The move comes after the pontiff quoted from a book recounting a conversation between Manuel Paleologos II, an 14th century Byzantine Christian emperor, and an educated Persian on the truths of the two religions.

"The emperor ... said, I quote, 'Show me just what Mohammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached,'" the pope quoted the emperor as saying.

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A day later, the Vatican tried to mitigate the damage, saying the Pope did not intend to insult Muslims.

However, Pakistan's foreign ministry in Islamabad referred to the remarks as "regrettable."

"Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.

The remarks deepened rifts that the Islamic community has been trying to bridge, Aslam said.

"What he has done is that he has quoted very offensive remarks by some emperor hundreds of years ago," Aslam said Friday.

"It is not helpful (because) we have been trying to bridge the gap, calling for dialogue and understanding between religions."

The comments also sparked reaction in other parts of the Muslim world on Friday and raised tensions ahead of the pontiff's planned visit to Turkey in November -- his first trip to a Muslim country.

Salih Kapusuz, a deputy leader of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party, said Benedict's remarks were either "the result of pitiful ignorance" or a deliberate distortion. He compared him to Adolf Hitler.

"He has a dark mentality that comes from the darkness of the Middle Ages. He is a poor thing that has not benefited from the spirit of reform in the Christian world," Kapusuz was quoted as saying by the state-owned Anatolia news agency. "It looks like an effort to revive the mentality of the Crusades."

"Benedict, the author of such unfortunate and insolent remarks, is going down in history for his words," he said. "He is going down in history in the same category as leaders such as (Adolf) Hitler and (Benito) Mussolini."