Posted on 12/04/2014 7:11:53 PM PST by marshmallow
*Lord Harries said gesture would be a ‘creative act of accommodation’
*Speaking in House of Lords claimed it would help Muslims feel ‘embraced’
*Critics attacked idea insisting 'British values stem from Christian heritage
Prince Charles’s coronation service should be opened with a reading from the Koran, a senior Church of England bishop said yesterday.
The gesture would be a ‘creative act of accommodation’ to make Muslims feel ‘embraced’ by the nation, Lord Harries of Pentregarth said.
But critics attacked the idea, accusing the Church of ‘losing confidence’ in its own institutions and traditions.
Lord Harries, a former Bishop of Oxford and a leading CofE liberal thinker, said he was sure Charles’s coronation would give scope to leaders of non-Christian religions to give their blessing to the new King.
The former Bishop of Oxford, who continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the diocese of Southwark, made the suggestion about the Koran during a House of Lords debate. He told peers the Church of England should take the lead in ‘exercising its historic position in a hospitable way’.
He said that at a civic service in Bristol Cathedral last year authorities had agreed to a reading of the opening passage of the Koran before the beginning of the Christian ritual. He said: ‘It was a brilliant creative act of accommodation that made the Muslim high sheriff feel, as she said, warmly embraced but did not alienate the core congregation.
‘That principle of hospitality can and should be reflected in many public ceremonies, including the next coronation service.’
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Can they chop off his head?
Any accommodation or kindness is universally viewed by the muzzies as weakness and an invitation for their aggression.
They should recite from the koranic verses 2:191-193.
Even Neville Chamberlain is rolling his eyes in his grave.
Former bishop. Too bad they didn’t, or couldn’t (?), remove him completely.
Lord Harries, a former Bishop of Oxford and a leading CofE liberal thinker shall henceforth be known as “Imam Harries, _______ of the Mosque of England.”
* I forget that word for those that renounce their beliefs in favor of islam. A smarter FReeper can fill in the blank.
Okay, read a violent passage from the Koran, of which there are many to choose from, then read this:
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
Ungland...
If he doesn’t, as soon as they hit 51% of the population, he’ll be given the French Revolution treatment.
Prince Charles? Coronation? I must have missed something. I know almost nothing about royal succession, but Charles should step aside and allow his son to become king when the time comes. He should never ascend to the throne.
when you get saved, God gives you a new mind, one that sees things in the world for what they really are.
so much more i see, escalating now, that just strikes me as insane and unbelievable.
How about reading some speeches from Richard the Lion-Hearted?
Perhaps they can read all the verses about killing or subjugating Chrjstians and jews
With all respect (seriously), does anyone in the CofE have faith in Christ any more?
“With all respect (seriously), does anyone in the CofE have faith in Christ any more?”
No.
It seems the Church of England is just a liberal agnostic organization anymore.
Stupidest thing I have ever read....as if ‘accommodation’ is what mussies want (or need)
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