NOW THAT THE dust has settled from l'affaire Regensburg, it's a good time to think about what makes for genuine interfaith dialogue. One thing is clear: the reactions to Pope Benedict XVI's address, as reported by the media, allowed little scope for dialogue. People took sides with tedious predictability. Self-righteousness, bad manners and exploitation of irrational resentments were for too many the order of the day. With interfaith relations so bedeviled, one imagines the devil ...