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Christians outraged over All Saints prayer for Mohammed
By Jonathan Petre and Hazel Southam
(Filed: 25/11/2001)
THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has complained about a
prayer on his Church's official website because it includes Mohammed,
the founder of the Muslim faith, among Christian saints and prophets.
The prayer, originally written for All Saints Day, says that both
Mohammed and Buddha should be "celebrated" alongside the likes of
Moses, David and the Virgin Mary because they "led God's people to
God's light".
Both the Archbishop and Dr Stephen Sykes, the Church of England's
most senior theologian, have strongly criticised the prayer as
theologically unacceptable. Other clerics have called it
"blasphemous" and demanded that Dr Carey expunge it.
Yesterday, however, to the Archbishop's embarrassment, the prayer was
still on the website of the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which he
is the leader.
The prayer begins by remembering "the saints in the security of our
hearts . . . these great women and men of God" who are "the ancient
foundation of our faith and our inspiration".
It continues: "The saints were not those who were perfect. They were
parts of God's creation who struggled and often failed and yet
managed to raise up our faith in God and in one another. Abraham,
Isaac, Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Joshua, David, Moses, Mary the Mother
of Jesus. Buddha and Mohammed and all the prophets of old. They led
God's people to God's light."
Dr Carey said the reference to Buddha and Mohammed was "very
unfortunate".
"Although they can be respected, they are not saints who fall within
that Christian understanding," he said. "It's not Church of England
practice to refer to Buddha or Mohammed in prayers."
Dr Sykes, who chairs the Church of England's Doctrine Commission,
said: "I am very surprised to hear about this prayer and I'm amazed
that it has got some official sanction. It is a triumph of good
intentions over good theology."
The Rev George Curry, the chairman of the evangelical Church Society,
went further. He said: "It is blasphemous. It is appalling. Any self-
respecting Christian will be horrified.
"To have a prayer that implies that Mohammed is a valid prophet of
God is encouraging Christians to endorse a false prophet. Dr Carey
should be deeply concerned that this error is on this website. He
should make sure that it is removed immediately."
Despite the criticism, however, the senior clerics who run the
website from the communion's London office have refused to expunge
the prayer. Canon James Rosenthal, the editor of the Anglican
Communion News Service, said staff at Lambeth Palace, the
Archbishop's headquarters, had wanted the prayer removed, but he had
had no approach from Dr Carey.
He added that the prayer had come from an "official source" - the
Episcopal Church in the United States, the American equivalent to the
Church of England - and its aim was to "transform this world for the
love of Jesus".
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28 October 2001: Muslims 'will soon outnumber Anglicans'
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