It is commonplace for people in this country to speak of Islam as incompatible with Western 'values'. I myself have fallen into that trap more than once - even in these pages a couple years back. Muslim leaders have often been attacked for not speaking out against terrorism. The fact of the matter is that …
The evils of rigidity
As the world is once again shocked by another brutal terrorist attack - this time in Brussels - I want to quote some words written by the late, great French theologian and philosopher, Jacques Ellul (1912-94), in his book Living Faith. He wrote of the connection between rigidity and violence, and thus the two faces of violence …
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