https://freerepublic.com/tag/ashrafi/ en-us Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:23:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396039/posts The Archbishop of Canterbury's office has withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric after past comments surfaced in which he praised Usama bin Laden.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... Fox News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4396039/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:23:15 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3164322/posts More public outreach in Canada urged as European countries sound alarm on Syria recruitment. An alarming number of radicalized Canadians are joining foreign jihadi groups abroad, prompting calls for intervention as other Western nations boost efforts to stop their citizens from waging attacks at home or on foreign soil. CBC News has learned of as many as two dozen Calgarians who, in the last two years, departed for Syria to join extremist rebel groups. France intercepted four people suspected of trying to recruit militants to fight in Syria last week, following the arrest of a French citizen who joined a... CBC News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3164322/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2014 03:55:33 GMT