Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Michael Nazir-Ali

The Bishop of Rochester is well known for talking sense.

The Church of England's only Asian bishop has criticised many Muslims in Britain for having a victim mentality.
The Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali, whose father converted from Islam, told The Sunday Times that he believed that some Muslims had a "dual psychology" in which they desired both "victimhood and domination".
He said: "Their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always right to intervene when Muslims are victims, as in Bosnia or Kosovo, and always wrong when the Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists, as with the Taliban or in Iraq.


Interesting.

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