Thursday, January 31, 2008

Islam neo-puritan trends 'barbaric' says ABC at HMD

http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2008/01/islam-neo-purit.html#more

[Articles of Faith] 31 Jan 2008--Interviewed for BBC Radio 4's Sunday programme, the Archbishop of Canterbury covered a range of topics, including the Anglican Communion and Lambeth, and his full comments are below. But speaking about Islam, he spoke of 'neo-puritan Salafi, Wahhabi trends which wipe out Islamic history and make Islam something rather barbaric.' He was saying this at Holocaust Memorial Day in Liverpool, where the Muslim Council of Britain had a representative, assistant gen sec Tahir Alam, for the first time. My own contribution to HMD was to interview Yona Metzter, Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel. (Irene's linked to it on her blog.) If you go to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website, you can virtually light this candle. (HT to little green footballs.)

The barbarity is not new for the Wahhabists. Examine the history of the movement in Islam.

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