Former Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out...
Hat tip to the
Inoperable Terran for this link to an article in the
Telegraph about Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury:
bq. Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, launched a trenchant attack on Islamic culture last night, saying it was authoritarian, inflexible and under-achieving.
bq. In a speech that will upset sensitive relations between the faiths, he denounced moderate Muslims for failing unequivocally to condemn the "evil" of suicide bombers.
And more:
bq. Contrasting western democracy with Islamic societies, he said: "Throughout the Middle East and North Africa we find authoritarian regimes with deeply entrenched leadership, some of which rose to power at the point of a gun and are retained in power by massive investment in security forces.
And more:
bq. "Although we owe much to Islam handing on to the West many of the treasures of Greek thought, the beginnings of calculus, Aristotelian thought during the period known in the West as the dark ages, it is sad to relate that no great invention has come for many hundred years from Muslim countries," he said.
I am sad that he retired - his replacement (Dr Rowan Williams) is an appeaser and a weak-spirited person.
Posted by DaveH at March 26, 2004 11:03 AM