But he didn't apologise per say. He just said he was "sorry that his speech was misinterpreted." He didn't say "I'm sorry that I caused upset to Islam."
Two different things. Actually if you think about it, it is a double edged apology, feeling sorry that they didn't understand it could be read as, "well you got upset, that wasn't my intention, but you are too stupid to read past the quote."
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