Queen's Chaplain Quits After Speaking Out Over Cathedral's Qur'an Reading
One of the Queen's chaplains is stepping down after he spoke out against a Qur'an reading in a cathedral in Glasgow.
It comes after he criticised the decision by Rev Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, for inviting a reading from the Islamic holy book at the Epiphany service on 6 January.
The recitation included verses which explicitly denied that Jesus was God's son – a key Christian doctrine.
Ashenden called for Holdsworth to apologise and hinted he should quit his post.
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