President Hugo Chávez Wednesday voiced concern about the Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on the Islam and the subsequent reactions of the Islamic peoples.

"I think the Vatican should clarify its stance because I think some questions have emerged among our Muslim brothers. We Christians ought to be brothers of the Muslims," Chávez told a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, following his speech Wednesday at noon.
 
"No one can go around saying that Muslims are extremists or terrorists. There are terrorists in the United States who are protected by the Government (of George W. Bush) and who are not Muslims." Chávez reminded the case of Cuban activist Luis Posada Carriles.