NOTE: Oh and remember, it’s hyped as “historic”, so according to moron-speak, its got to be good.
NOTE: Remember what the two Lebanese ´Bishops said about how Islam treats the non-Muslim
Is it even thinkable that the Arabic countries of the Middle East, where fundamentalism is becoming more entrenched, will accept in the near future abandoning their theocratic regimes founded on the Koran and the Sharia, which constitute flagrant discrimination towards non-Muslims? To me this seems to be in the domain of utopia, for the centuries to come.
Muslim preaches at Oxford college chapel
7:00am Tuesday 26th October 2010
By Amanda Williams »
TWO religious leaders are claiming an historic first after an Islamic Imam preached at a Christian chapel.
For the first time in Pembroke College’s 500-year history, a Muslim, Dr Taj Hargey – from the Summertown Islamic Congregation in Oxford – was welcomed to deliver a sermon at its chapel.
The service was preceded by the Adhan, the Muslim call to prayer traditionally carried out by a man, which was read out by an 11-year-old girl from Marston.
The Rev Dr Andrew Teal, of Pembroke College, said he had been trying to get a Muslim Imam to deliver a service at the chapel for many years and he believed it was a first.
He said: “We wanted to do something which brought together Christianity and Islam, but not to create a third thing.
“I think what we are doing today is very unusual, certainly it’s the first time I have heard of it being done at the college.
“The two faiths are actually very close.
“Abraham is a key figure in both Islam and Christianity.
“But I think there’s been a reluctance in the past. I think people may have felt afraid to do something like this.
“I’d hoped for this to happen for a long time. We just needed the right man to do it.”
Christianity and Islam, as well as Judaism, are sometimes referred to as the Abrahamic religions because of the role that Abraham plays in each of the holy books.
All three faiths consider him father of the people of Israel.
During the service, in which Dr Hargey spoke of the links between Christianity and Islam, songs and Psalms from the Bible were read before a reading from the Holy Qur’an.
Dr Hargey, who is also chairman of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford, invited 11-year-old student Nadia Zamri, from Marston, to call the congregation to prayer.
More here. (if you can bear it)
The problem is that many of the preachers in Europe don’t believe in God or the Bible, they are simply doing a job instead of answering a calling. This is why the evangelicals who send missionaries to Europe are having a lot of success. Not enough to stop the Moslems but success.
You got to be f*cking kidding me.
The march toward Britainistan is speeding up.
They made the fatal mistake of allowing millions of Muslims into the country since the 1990s. With over 5 million now entrenched as a fifth column for Islamic supremacy, its only a matter of time before the government totally caves in.
Next step; the EDL and the UKIP will be forced underground just like the Resistance in Nazi-occupied Europe. They will be forced into hiding to fight against the Muslim incursions into all things that were once free, western and British.
Blame the politicians if you must, but mass immigration has destroyed what was once a proud bulwark of democracy and freedom.
The politicians are partially to blame as are the voters who bought into their multicultural bull, to a lesser extent the US is suffering from the same problem, the failure of certain ethnic and religious groups to assimilate into the base culture of the guest nation. All anyone ever had to do to see that multiculturalism wouldn’t work was look at the Balkans, but this wasn’t done by way too many people. The people who accept the “experts” statements at face value and refuse to look at the evidence and think for themselves are doomed to created massive problems for the rest of us. When I was in Collage one of my teachers continually made the point to her students that we were not to be afraid to trust ourselves, she kept repeating that, “If your experience says some theory is crap, it is probably crap, trust yourself and your experiences.” I wish more people who do this.
Airstrip One
Islam is not a bad religious its the ignorance of the people who see it as horrific and those of you who are quick to judge, i suggest that you do your research and then judge Islam. You can start by listening to the CD’s that are online.
Most of you people amaze me with your islamophobia. What, now we should not respect other people’s views? We shouldn’t listen to muslims or treat them as human, we shouldn’t seek to understand the places of commonality between all religions…. hmm v. Christlike. At least there are people like Dr Andrew Teal who have some common sense.
Christians are supposed to follow the example and teachings of Christ. He taught love of God and for our neighbours (same as in Islam). Would Christ therefore have condoned the actions of Rev. Teal? We are too concerned with our differences rather than our similarities. If we are to co-exist in peace and harmony with ‘others’ then surely we need to recognize our similarities (sameness/humanity) rather than emphasizing our differences (culture/ideology)? Hopefully that would have been the pervading understanding as a result of this exercise.