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i would like to bring to everyones attention about the comments made by Bishop Nazir- Ali. if this has already been discussed, then my apologies for bringing it up again.
The article below is from bbc news website: Sunday, 5 November 2006,
Bishop attacks 'Muslim hypocrisy'
Bishop Nazir-Ali's views differ from the Archbishop of Canterbury
A senior Anglican bishop has accused many Muslims of being guilty of double standards in their view of the world.
The Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Times some had a "dual psychology" in which they sought "victimhood and domination".
The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments were "not very helpful".
The bishop, whose father converted from Islam, also said situations such as teaching could require Muslim women not to wear full-face veils.
Mr Nazir-Ali argued it would never be possible to satisfy all of the demands made by Muslims because "their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always right to intervene when Muslims are victims... and always wrong when Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists".
He compared Bosnia and Kosovo, where he said Muslims were oppressed, with the powerful position of the Taleban in Afghanistan, who he said had been the oppressors.
He added: "Given the world view that has given rise to such grievances, there can never be sufficient appeasement and new demands will continue to be made."
A Muslim Council of Britain spokesman said the remarks in the paper appeared "rather broad brushed".
He added: "We would normally expect a bishop to display more humility and work towards bringing communities closer together rather than contributing towards fostering greater divisions."
Veil debate
The bishop's comments on the use of full-face veils by Muslim women add to the debate sparked by Commons Leader Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, last month.
He disclosed that he asks Muslim women to remove the veil when they attend his Blackburn constituency surgeries.
Mr Straw also suggested that Muslim women who wear veils over their faces can make community relations harder.
In the Sunday Times, Mr Nazir-Ali referred to a "huge increase" in the wearing of Muslim dress in Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia.
He said: "I can see nothing in Islam that prescribes the wearing of the full-face veil.
"In the supermarket those at the cash till need to be recognised. Teaching is another profession in which society requires recognition and identification."
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, entered the veil debate last month by saying people should be free to wear visible religious symbols.
He said aiming for a society where no symbols such as veils, crosses, sidelocks or turbans would be seen was "politically dangerous". (end of article).
The bishop seems to have conveyed a narrow-minded and to an extent a cynical view of muslims living world-wide. Judge for example his comments about double-standards, when looking at the current world situation, it is the muslims who are being victimised by double standards (Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine..). In a world which is being dominated by western politics, so we are given a view of the world which is only acceptable by western standards.
This double standards has its roots back to World War One. The current world order we see today is as a result of what happened at the end of WW1, whilst many died for freedom and peace, there was one group of people who, to this very day, got neither freedom or peace, they are the Palestinians brothers and sisters, the real victims of double standards.
wa salam
i would like to bring to everyones attention about the comments made by Bishop Nazir- Ali. if this has already been discussed, then my apologies for bringing it up again.
The article below is from bbc news website: Sunday, 5 November 2006,
Bishop attacks 'Muslim hypocrisy'
Bishop Nazir-Ali's views differ from the Archbishop of Canterbury
A senior Anglican bishop has accused many Muslims of being guilty of double standards in their view of the world.
The Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Times some had a "dual psychology" in which they sought "victimhood and domination".
The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments were "not very helpful".
The bishop, whose father converted from Islam, also said situations such as teaching could require Muslim women not to wear full-face veils.
Mr Nazir-Ali argued it would never be possible to satisfy all of the demands made by Muslims because "their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always right to intervene when Muslims are victims... and always wrong when Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists".
He compared Bosnia and Kosovo, where he said Muslims were oppressed, with the powerful position of the Taleban in Afghanistan, who he said had been the oppressors.
He added: "Given the world view that has given rise to such grievances, there can never be sufficient appeasement and new demands will continue to be made."
A Muslim Council of Britain spokesman said the remarks in the paper appeared "rather broad brushed".
He added: "We would normally expect a bishop to display more humility and work towards bringing communities closer together rather than contributing towards fostering greater divisions."
Veil debate
The bishop's comments on the use of full-face veils by Muslim women add to the debate sparked by Commons Leader Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, last month.
He disclosed that he asks Muslim women to remove the veil when they attend his Blackburn constituency surgeries.
Mr Straw also suggested that Muslim women who wear veils over their faces can make community relations harder.
In the Sunday Times, Mr Nazir-Ali referred to a "huge increase" in the wearing of Muslim dress in Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia.
He said: "I can see nothing in Islam that prescribes the wearing of the full-face veil.
"In the supermarket those at the cash till need to be recognised. Teaching is another profession in which society requires recognition and identification."
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, entered the veil debate last month by saying people should be free to wear visible religious symbols.
He said aiming for a society where no symbols such as veils, crosses, sidelocks or turbans would be seen was "politically dangerous". (end of article).
The bishop seems to have conveyed a narrow-minded and to an extent a cynical view of muslims living world-wide. Judge for example his comments about double-standards, when looking at the current world situation, it is the muslims who are being victimised by double standards (Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine..). In a world which is being dominated by western politics, so we are given a view of the world which is only acceptable by western standards.
This double standards has its roots back to World War One. The current world order we see today is as a result of what happened at the end of WW1, whilst many died for freedom and peace, there was one group of people who, to this very day, got neither freedom or peace, they are the Palestinians brothers and sisters, the real victims of double standards.
wa salam
lol. You're more than right with that brother.