London’s mayor likened a radical Muslim cleric who excuses suicide bombings to the reforming Pope John XXIII. Giving evidence this week to a House of Commons committee inquiry into London’s July 7 terrorist attacks, Ken Livingstone praised Sheik Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who has provoked widespread outrage by excusing Palestinian terrorism against Israel.
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