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Archbishop of Canterbury withdraws award from Muslim cleric after past Usama bin Laden praise surfaces
Fox News ^ | September 17, 2026 | Michael Sinkewicz

Posted on 09/18/2026 8:23:15 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701

The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric after past comments surfaced in which he praised Usama bin Laden.

Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi received the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation at Lambeth Palace last Friday, during a ceremony that coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Lambeth Palace announced the reversal Thursday after previous comments by Ashrafi had "come to light," causing it to reconsider the award.

"It is a longstanding principle of interfaith dialogue and co-operation that we must engage with one another across deeply-held differences, and that remains the case," Lambeth Palace said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: anglicancommunion; ashrafi; canterbury; clerics; imams; usamabinladen

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1 posted on 09/18/2026 8:23:15 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

She knew, she just didn’t think it would get out in the open.


2 posted on 09/18/2026 8:24:12 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube. Which is whether ironic for an Englishman...


3 posted on 09/18/2026 8:26:55 AM PDT by Gman
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To: dfwgator

THE U-CREEP.

Sympathisers for The U Creep . . .


4 posted on 09/18/2026 8:27:28 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

WOW she was in those Wallis and Gromit movies ,LOL


5 posted on 09/18/2026 8:28:12 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

THE U-CREEP.


She’s a U-WEIRDO.


6 posted on 09/18/2026 8:31:13 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

She must have fought every step of the way against withdrawing the award.


7 posted on 09/18/2026 8:32:46 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Not for standing next to his house slave


8 posted on 09/18/2026 8:48:14 AM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Stupid woke Karen

Their post-modern ideology is based on nothing firm or eternally true, so it will ALWAYS run into hypocrisy and contradiction.


9 posted on 09/18/2026 8:54:19 AM PDT by PGR88
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“during a ceremony that coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.”

WOW...talk about in your face!!!


10 posted on 09/18/2026 9:05:00 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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To: Gman

At this point, best shot of the day.


11 posted on 09/18/2026 9:06:14 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

“Extremist” Muslims are the ones who want to peacefully co-exist with other religions, governments, and belief systems.


12 posted on 09/18/2026 9:10:24 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (Political insight on loan from Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Persevero

And the Fox story leaves out that incredible picture of the award winner and his sex slave along with the Archbishop.


13 posted on 09/18/2026 9:17:01 AM PDT by freefdny
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Here's the sap-happy "Archbishop of Canterbury" in clerical garb – with the Paki Muslim cleric in white turban and billowing gold-trimmed robes – accepting the award for "Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation". Mr Ashrafi's wife looks on - scarily swathed in black hijab w/ slitty eyes showing.

14 posted on 09/18/2026 9:21:30 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands.to " (Psalm 19:1))
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According to the BBC, the Muslim Ashrafi said in 2007 that bin Laden — the architect of the 9/11 attacks — had “been fighting for Islam against the Russians, Americans and British.” The BBC also reported that Ashrafi said he would give bin Laden the title “Saifullah,” meaning “Sword of God.”

Ashrafi told the BBC the backlash against him as an “unfair campaign.” He said he made the remarks about bin Laden in 2007 in response to “the hurt felt by many Muslims” over the British government’s decision to knight “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie.


And what about the gross dumbness of the stupid “female Archbishop
of Canterbury” for sap-happily bestowing the award on the Muslim?


15 posted on 09/18/2026 9:29:11 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands.to " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

What an Islamaphobe


16 posted on 09/18/2026 9:39:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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ACTION NOW: Call or write the BBC——include the image posted here of the Archbishop of Canterbury awarding the Muslim. Get the image of the stupid female Archbishop spread far and wide.


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located at Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom.

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17 posted on 09/18/2026 9:39:37 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands.to " (Psalm 19:1))
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Is his wife nine years old?
That’s why they cover their faces
Perverts all


18 posted on 09/18/2026 9:58:05 AM PDT by TStro (Come and take it!)
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I left out
“inquiring minds want to know”
Paul Harvey would say


19 posted on 09/18/2026 9:59:06 AM PDT by TStro (Come and take it!)
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To: Liz

Why does this picture seem so thoroughly unholy to me?


20 posted on 09/18/2026 9:59:48 AM PDT by drwoof
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