LETTUCE

Balanced attention?

It seems to me natural and right that we should all be seeking to understand Islam and paying particular attention to the needs of the vast majority of peaceful Muslims in the UK and also that we are seeking to understand how we have been visited by violent extremism.

But I decided to pay a visit to places of worship of each of the various main religions of India - including Islam. I was not able to visit a Sikh Gurdwara owing to the delays of traffic that ensued from the storm/whirlwind/tonado but I shall be doing so soon. As well as the recent mosque-visit on the day of the Sparkhill "Tornado" I paid a visit to a Hindu Temple where I was welcomed and shown round with generous patience while many questions were answered. Actually I had visited this temple some years ago and it was encouraging to see how my understanding tho still thin has moved on.

The challenge to understand Islam is one I took up many years ago and it seems right to try to balance that with an exploration of, in particular, Hinduism and Sikhism.

posted by Colin Darling @ 6:39 PM