The BBC tells us that: Paris attacks caused Archbishop of Canterbury to “doubt” the presence of God

This statement by the Archbishop strikes me as rather strange and not a little odd. Muslim writer and publisher Louay Fatoohi expresses it very well in his Facebook post today:

‘A common response to the atrocities of 9/11, Paris, and others in the West is to treat them as “exceptional” and “unique” events the like of which had not happened before. We are used to getting this highly dangerous response from right-wing people and some politicians, but I find it extraordinary that the Archbishop of Canterbury has said something very similar, according to this BBC interview!

How is the terror of the attack on Paris more unique and more shocking than, say, the Iraq war and its millions of casualties, the brutal decades-long occupation of Palestine, the torture, murder, and destitution of the Rohingya people….etc? How is this attitude going to help the world heal its wounds? How is it supposed to bring peoples and countries together? How is this mindset going to allow us to treat each other as equal members of the human race?

The last thing that this already highly divided and damaged world need is classifying the significance of the sufferings of its people by their religion, race, nationality, colour, place of living, or whatever differences. All grieving mothers are equal, the pain of all grieving fathers is one and the same, all lost loves ones are equally missed, all victims are equal. I really hope that the Archbishop of Canterbury will follow up with a statement that explicitly rejects any differentiation between innocent victims.’

Categories: Life in the West, Terrorism