On the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the Church of England found itself entangled in a question as old as moral recognition itself: can a partial good redeem a complicated whole? The Archbishop of Canterbury withdrew an interfaith award from Pakistani cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after his 2007 praise of Osama bin Laden resurfaced, casting a shadow over an honor meant to celebrate reconciliation. The episode, unfolding at Lambeth Palace, reminds us that the work of bridge-building cannot be separated from the full architecture of a builder's beliefs — and that anniversarie
Archbishop withdraws award from cleric after Bin Laden praise emerges
Pakistan's blasphemy laws have led to approximately 2,000 prosecutions since the late 1980s, disproportionately affecting Christians, Ahmadis, and marginalized communities.