The Most Rev Justin Welby, the figurehead of the worldwide Anglican Church, told interfaith leaders in Sri Lanka that accepting responsibility is key rather than disavowing an extremist.
Mr Welby arrived in Sri Lanka on Thursday and first visited St Sebastian’s Church near the town of Negombo to pay homage to those killed in the Easter suicide bomb attacks blamed on extremist Muslim groups.
On Friday, he told religious leaders that discussion among faiths has become more difficult in the last 30-40 years and in every faith, including in Christianity, extremist attitudes have grown.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby pays homage to victims of the Easter Sunday attacks, kneeling at the spot where the suicide bomber detonated explosives, at St. Sebastian’s church in Katuwapitiya village, Negombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.
“It is the duty of every religious tradition, for its leaders, to resist extremism and to teach peaceful dialogue,” he said.
“So the first challenge to all of us is take responsibility.
“If a Christian does something evil, it is not for me to say ‘well they are not a real Christian’. I have to ask myself ‘what is within my faith tradition, our historic teaching, that makes it easy for them to do that?’
“The second challenge in dialogue is honesty. Dialogue is where we are…
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