Of course, the difference is that I don't believe Islam is worthy of any respect whatsoever (unlike Canadians, who do deserve a bit of respect!). It's a false religion that is essentially an insane death cult based on a Middle Eastern lunatic's syncretist version of the Arian heresy.
However, as I noted, the Pope obviously was a subscriber to the "sentimental ecumenism" philosophy. And in addition, I suppose he didn't want to risk offending his hosts.
Arian heresy heresy. But wait! The Sunnis claim the Shiites are heretics! They must be Arian heresy heresy heretics. But wait, some of these are secular, and some go to the Baptist church on the corner because it is convenient.