THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Church of England Withdraws Interfaith Award Given to Pro-Bin Laden Imam on 9/11 Anniversary.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an interfaith award for an Islamic cleric who praised Osama bin Laden.
The Church of England has rescinded an interfaith honor given to an Islamic cleric who once praised Osama Bin Laden following widespread backlash. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The female Archbishop of Canterbury has rescinded an interfaith award for an Islamic cleric who praised Osama bin Laden. DETAIL: On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally, the senior bishop of the Church of England and symbolic head of the global Anglican Communion, gave Imam Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi the Hubert Walter Award for “reconciliation and interfaith cooperation.” Ashrafi was awarded for his supposed “longstanding support for religious minorities in Pakistan.” However, soon after…Open