Why is it “great to welcome” Muslim hate-preachers to Lambeth Palace?

Jul 31, 2016 by

by Archbishop Cranmer:

“Great to welcome Herod Antipas to the Cenacle on Mount Zion today,” tweeted Jesus, just after the Tetrarch of Galilee has ordered the decapitation of the notorious hate-preacher John the Baptist, whose head was then served up on a silver platter. You can’t go around Perea baptising unauthorised prophets willy-nilly and denouncing the governor’s marriage as incestuous and contrary to Jewish law, so Antipas was urged to deal swiftly with the problem. It was a religious duty.

Mohammad Naqib ur Rehman tweet

Shaykh Muhammad Naqib ur Rehman was in the UK for a tour of city mosques. He was here with Hassan Haseeb ur Rehman, and a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury is obviously a good idea, if only to discuss Islamic-Christian interfaith relations and the best way of countering the narrative of extremism and terrorism. And the Shaykh is a decent kind of bloke:

…a man with inborn graciousness and a compassionate nature who exudes a special, spiritual charisma. His respectful eminence is a paragon of virtue that walks in humility and with utmost humbleness. Whenever an individual meets with him on the veranda of Eidgah Shareef, whether it is the US Ambassador or an illiterate laborer, warmth and love radiates naturally from his smiles and greetings, engulfing the guests in its embrace. He is like a river of generosity and kindness that compels people from all walks of life to come and share their problems with him. They seek his blessed wisdom, regardless of the nature of their individual problems, whether worldly or spiritual.

That’s obviously the face of the Shaykh the Archbishop was meeting. His other face isn’t so gracious and compassionate:

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