13 November 2013

All Faiths Network: Debate on Interfaith at the House of Lords

.... Murray questioned the point of interfaith dialogue, given that people of different religious beliefs are severely limited in how much common ground they can meaningfully find.

He also spoke eloquently of the way in which Muslims have been let down by the establishment’s decision to engage with hardline representatives of Islam. He emphasized the need to treat people as individual citizens and avoid dialogue with extremists, whether violent or non-violent.

.... He began with moral equivalence: “There are Christians who also believe that gays should be killed”.

Clearly, this is a pretty disingenuous claim as no prominent or mainstream Christian organisation says any such thing and as Douglas Murray pointed out, such organisations would never be engaged with by the government or the interfaith industry.

Unquestioning ‘respect’ and engagement is a privilege uniquely afforded to Muslim groups. [Harry’s Place] Read more