{A Muslim’s Archbishop}[21st April 1990]

[Redbook7:125][19900421:0055]{A Muslim’s Archbishop}[21st April 1990]

19900421:0055

[A newspaper cutting inserted on p124 of the ms against this journal entry on p125 & with the same heading, not marked as to date, origin &c, cannot be reproduced here for copyright reasons. It is headed “Wanted: an unreasonable man” and is written by [...], described (in an ms-marked attribution) as “a Muslim philosopher who supports the traditional Islamic dogma that outlaws the ordaining of clergy, male or female”.]

As to [...]: it is probably unwise to invite a man to comment on institutions he despises in a medium he despises;* and the article shows much of contemporary Islam’s inability to see itself straight in relation to the rest of the World (a bit like the Church, actually, only more so). But there are some good thoughts in it.

*(&, I dare say, for a culture he despises....)

[The name of the author has been withheld as there is nothing in the journal or in the article to justify these comments.]

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