In the United Kingdom, as a way of taking part in the observance of Pakistan Day, a national holiday in Pakistan (and perhaps soon to be so in the U.K.), the Archbishop of Canterbury, long a misunderstander and appeaser of Muslims, decided to fly the Pakistani flag over Westminster Abbey. For him, and for some […]
UK: Muslims pray on grounds of Westminster Abbey
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1728360286900646136 Muslims have prayed there, so it’s a mosque now. This idea goes back to the ninth-century legend of the caliph Umar in Jerusalem. This legend has it that when the Muslims conquered Jerusalem in the year 637, Sophronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, invited the caliph Umar to pray in the Church of the Holy […]
UK: Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina gives Qur’an reading in Westminster Abbey
Isn’t this heartwarming? How generous! How ecumenical! Now: when will the Bible reading in mosque be? What’s that? Never? Why not? “Koran read at Westminster Abbey as Royal Cathedral bows to Islam,” by Jules Gomes, Rebel Priest, September 16, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Britain’s royal cathedral—the nation’s coronation church since 1066—and the […]