5 Minutes
Richard Sudworth reports his experience of being on Sky TV, in a debate with muslims.
I chipped in my bit when the drift seemed to be all about “tolerance”. Tolerance is half the problem; we’re just happy to leave people be and do our own thing. Now, more than ever, we need genuine Christian neighbourliness that involves speaking and listening across boundaries…The Sky set-up was clearly aimed at getting some controversial soundbites, stirring the pot and avoiding nuance and complexity: “So, audience, do you feel more Muslim or more British?”...[W]e need to recognise the Christian tendency to denial (“those Christians that let off bombs in Northern Ireland in the 1970’s were not really Christians, were they?” “those church leaders who engineered the Rwandan genocide couldn’t possibly have experienced the work of the Holy Spirit”) too. And as Christians, be authentic neighbours, in humility
Mike at WorD pointed out this quotation:
People wonder why the moderates are not being heard – it is because they are being excluded .
Salam Al-Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council in America
pax et bonum
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