How I wish the ridiculous Lord Ahmed of Rotherham would stop peddling the line that Salman Rushdie should not have been given a knighthood because, amongst other things, The Satanic Verses was insulting to the Lord Jesus Christ. A pathetic and vain attempt to drag Christians into his disgraceful crusade.
Leave us out of it. The thing is, as a Christian, I don’t care. Salman Rushdie may insult whomever he likes. Knighthoods are conferred by men, and not by God. It therefore seems strange to me that religious considerations should be brought to bear in the matter. According to the Bible, God gives his own ‘honours’ and rewards as well, most commonly at the end of one’s life. In doing so, he may consider whether or not Rushdie insulted him, and then decide whether such a one is deserving of an honour. I am content to leave that matter for God. There are more important things to think about.
So please, Lord Ahmed, leave Christians out of your distasteful battles. I for one do not care whether or not Rushdie has blasphemed my religion. And even if he has, I do not intend to do anything about it. As I always say, if you believe your God is real, then you do not need to fight on his behalf.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Bel
I’m also a Christian and it beggars belief that he has tried to drag Christianity into this.
The man is an absolute disgrace.
This is why freedom of speech is so important. Now we know what ‘Lord’ Ahmed is really all about.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Lord Ahmed…enobled for his services to being a member of the Labour Party since the age of 18. While he is an active campaigner for all manner of Muslim causes, he certainly has had frequent run-ins with the Jewish community and is a bit of a divisive figure within the Labour Party by all accounts. Where do his loyalties lie one might ask?
http://www.newstatesman.com/200611300000
June 21st, 2007 at 7:44 pm
As the aggro begins to wane, this muppet tries to whip it up again.
Classy.
At least we know, if we didn’t already, that any old excuse for a barney with the West will do.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:28 pm
It is not even like he has any constituents to appeal to. The man is not even a real demagogue.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Bel give him hell!
June 23rd, 2007 at 7:13 pm
“Knighthoods are conferred by men, and not by God.”
Yep… why all the uproar? It’s almost like the people who are all up in arms are incapable of accepting the fact that there will always be people in the world who disagree with them, or something.
Gosh.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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