I found this story just recently. It regards an incident which took place earlier this year, but one which I find quite astounding.
Scottish Christians expressed upset after sections of the Quran were read out during a service at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow.
The unrest in the Scottish Church began after a decision was made to include passages from the Quran to be read in Arabic by a local Muslim student during a service at the cathedral church.
Nineteen-year-old student, Madinah Javed, read the story of Jesus’ birth from the book of Maryam. The reading included the Islamic doctrine that Jesus was not the son of God.
The intention of the service was to build interfaith relations, but instead has sparked widespread anger among Christians throughout the country.
The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church said the Scottish Episcopal Church had had a long commitment to the development of interfaith work. He stated: “Over many years, we have sought to develop friendship, understanding and mutual respect between our Christian faith and the other great world religions.”
He added, however: “The decisions which have led to the situation in St Mary’s Cathedral are a matter for the Provost and the Cathedral community. But the Scottish Episcopal Church is deeply distressed at the widespread offense which has been caused. We also deeply regret the widespread abuse which has been received by the Cathedral community.”
Scottish police were brought in after members of the church received online abuse, according to local press reports. A police spokesman stated: “We can confirm we are investigating reports of offensive comments made towards St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow and inquiries are ongoing.”
The ignorance of those who deceive themselves into thinking that any kind of dialogue can be effectively entertained between Christianity and Islam is staggering.
It is remarkable how the Vatican has shown how naive it is regarding this obvious fact.
So many delude themselves in the false narrative that the tenets of Islam are compatible with Christianity when nothing of the sort is true or verifiable.
The merchants of political correctness do violence to their Christian faith when they invite and allow such attacks upon the most fundamental doctrines regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ are ridiculed and denied within the walls of the Church itself.
The Cathedral community of the Scottish Episcopal Church should rightfully be ashamed of itself for permitting such a scandal to take place within the sanctuary of their parish church.
The Christian community of Scotland is right to express its outrage and anger at such an affront to the dignity of the Christian Gospel.
We can only hope and pray that such affronts to the Christian faith are not permitted to take place in the future anywhere at any time.
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