Belgium: Islam hasn't evolved

Karel De Gucht, the Belgian foreign minister, was interviewed on Belgian TV and asked how he sees Jesus and Mohammed. The original interview, conducted on the program L'Invité on RTL-TVI on May 18th, 2008 (French), can be seen on the LVB site.

[Which association does the concept of 'Jesus' call up for you?]

Must I say something about it? Jesus? I think that it's a historical character, and very interesting. As you know I'm an atheist but that doesn't alter the fact that Christianity played a very important role in our history.

[The prophet Mohammed?]

The great difference between Jesus and Mohammed is that Christianity has evolved and Islam hasn't been able to evolve. That is why there's now this great tension, I think.

Source: LVB (Dutch, French)

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