{"id":2664931,"date":"2026-09-19T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-make-this-up-female-head-of-anglican-church-withdraws-award-she-gave-pro-bin-laden-muslim-cleric-on-9-11-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T15:14:57","slug":"you-cant-make-this-up-female-head-of-anglican-church-withdraws-award-she-gave-pro-bin-laden-muslim-cleric-on-9-11-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-cant-make-this-up-female-head-of-anglican-church-withdraws-award-she-gave-pro-bin-laden-muslim-cleric-on-9-11-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can&#8217;t Make This Up: Female Head of Anglican Church Withdraws Award She Gave Pro-Bin Laden Muslim Cleric on 9\/11 Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-cant-make-this-up-female-head-of-anglican-church-withdraws-award-she-gave-pro-bin-laden-muslim-cleric-on-9-11-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2664931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The female head of the Church of England was forced to pull an award she gave to an Islamic cleric who once praised Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda and the mastermind of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The award was even given on the recent 25th anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Sarah Mullally, who serves as Archbishop of Canterbury, offered Tahir Ashrafi the award for \u201cReconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation\u201d on Sept. 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>After she gave the award, some noted that the Ulema Council, the Pakistani group of Islamic scholars chaired by Ashrafi, once provided an honorific to Bin Laden, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16140033\/Archbishop-Canterbury-forced-withdraw-controversial-award-given-anniversary-9-11-Muslim-cleric-praised-Bin-Laden.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=social-twitter_mailonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Ashrafi himself announced the \u201cSword of Allah\u201d award \u2014 which was given to Bin Laden nearly six years after 9\/11 \u2014 and even called him a \u201cMuslim warrior\u201d in his remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The head of the Church of England.<\/p>\n<p>Wish I was joking. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z30kNfUwgI\">pic.twitter.com\/Z30kNfUwgI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tommy Robinson \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@TRobinsonNewEra) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TRobinsonNewEra\/status\/2100546736770965543?\">September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to award the title of \u2018Saifullah\u2019 to Osama bin Laden after the British government\u2019s decision to bestow the title of \u2018Sir\u2019 on blasphemer Rushdie. This is the highest title for a Muslim warrior,\u201d Ashrafi said in June 2007.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the Daily Mail, the British government had recently given the title \u201cSir\u201d to Salman Rushdie, who wrote the Satanic Verses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a blasphemer can be given the title \u2018Sir\u2019 by the West despite the fact that he\u2019s hurt the feelings of Muslims, then a mujahid who has been fighting for Islam against the Russians, Americans and British must be given the lofty title of Islam, Saifullah,\u201d Ashrafi added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Archbishop of Canterbury has given Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi an award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council \u2013 a group of Islamic scholars.<\/p>\n<p>The lady next to him is his wife.<\/p>\n<p>But why did the Church grant him this award? \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/64SmQxP1EX\">pic.twitter.com\/64SmQxP1EX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Timothy MP (@NJ_Timothy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJ_Timothy\/status\/2100259879755665630?\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lambeth Palace, the official London residence for the Archbishop of Canterbury, issued an apology after the remarks resurfaced \u2014 even continuing to laud Ashrafi\u2019s supposed interfaith work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation was presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe award was given for Imam Ashrafi\u2019s longstanding support for religious minorities in Pakistan, particularly the Christian community \u2014 support that is valued by many Christians in Pakistan including its Anglican Church,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a longstanding principle of interfaith dialogue and co-operation that we must engage with one another across deeply held differences, and that remains the case. However, previous comments made by Imam Ashrafi have come to light that have led Lambeth Palace to reconsider this award and we can now confirm today that the award has been withdrawn. We have contacted Imam Ashrafi to make him aware of this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mullally has been serving as the Archbishop of Canterbury since January 2026 \u2014 provoking controversy given the historic Christian stance against female pastors and church leadership.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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