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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   The Anglican Church was co-opted by the left decades ago and now the   
   islamists have gained a toe-hold. This incident is nothing short of   
   blasphemy and should be immediately repudiated by the Archbishop of   
   Canterbury and the The Queen.    
      
   Koran Verse Denying Jesus Was Son of God Sung in Scottish Cathedral   
      
   A passage from the Koran that denies one of the central tenets of the   
   Christian faith was sung aloud at a cathedral service in Scotland.    
   The passage from Surah 19, which specifically denies that Jesus was the Son of   
   God and says He should not be worshipped, was sung during a Eucharist service   
   at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow to mark the feast of the   
   Epiphany.   
      
   A video of the recital was posted on YouTube showing a girl singing the   
   passage in a typical Islamic style. It narrates the Islamic account of the   
   birth of Jesus, which includes the claim that Mary was “ashamed” after   
   giving birth, and the infant    
   Christ miraculously spoke from the cradle – something not found in Christian   
   scripture.   
      
   She then concludes by singing verse 35, which states in translation: “It   
   befitteth not the Majesty of Allah that He should take unto Himself a son,”   
   and then verse 36, which has the infant Jesus saying: “And lo! Allah is my   
   Lord and your Lord. So    
   worship Him. That is the right path.”   
      
   The cathedral praised the reading in a Facebook post, calling it a   
   “wonderful event”.   
      
   However, retired Anglican bishop Michael Nazir-Ali strongly condemned it,   
   saying it was especially inappropriate for the feast of the Epiphany, which   
   celebrates the revelation of Christ as the Son of God.   
      
   Christian Today quotes him as saying: “The authorities of the Scottish   
   Episcopal Church should immediately repudiate this ill-advised invitation.”   
      
   “Christians should know what their fellow citizens believe and this can   
   include reading the Qur’an for themselves, whether in the original or in   
   translation. This is not, however, the same thing as having it read in Church   
   in the context of public    
   worship,” he added.   
      
   “It is particularly insensitive to have this passage read in Church on the   
   Feast of the Epiphany when we celebrate not only Christ’s manifestation to   
   the gentiles but also his baptism and the divine declaration, ‘you are my   
   beloved son in whom I am    
   well pleased’.”   
      
   The Scottish Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion,   
   which also includes the Church of England and America’s Episcopalian Church.   
      
   The cathedral’s Facebook page also proudly publicises a press report on the   
   provost’s Christmas sermon, in which he compared U.S. President-Elect Donald   
   Trump to the biblical King Herod, who ordered the massacre of children.   
      
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