The Chief Rabbi in a lecture to religious wonks in London recently called on Muslims to learn from the experience of Jews in separating religion from power when living as a minority. In an interesting and at times mildly provocative speech he outlined the need for flexibility and adaptability which, to some of the nutters who call themselves Muslims a bit of an anathema.
The irony of course is turn on any Muslim channel in the evening and you find people phoning scholars asking for advice on all matters of daily contemporary life in the UK which to all intent and purposes is exactly that, adapting to life as a Muslim in a non Muslim society. [London Muslim] Read more
