Source: Christian Today
The Dean of Westminster has defended the choice of a prayer in which the prophet Muhammad was described as ‘The Chosen One’ at the Abbey as “within orthodox Christian worship”.
Dr John Hall told Christian Today it was appropriate to offer hospitality to other faith traditions but this did not in any sense “compromise the form and orthodox character of our belief and proclamation.”
The service, held every year since 1954 and almost every year since 1916, is done with the Australian High Commission and New Zealand High Commission and this year marked the centenary of the ANZAC landings, part of the invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during the First World War. Most of the troops involved were from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
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