article_snippet: Rev Gavin Ashenden said around 100 passages in the Muslim holy book incite followers to violence, including 'striking off heads' There are passages in Koran which ‘invite people to violence’, one of the Queen’s chaplains said last night.
article_snippet: Reverend Canon Gavin Ashenden, the former chaplain of Sussex University and one of 35 who serve Her Majesty, expressed concern about more than 100 passages in the Muslim holy book.
article_snippet: Rev Ashenden added: ‘Islam has, I think, over 100 verses inviting people to violence in the Koran which Christianity doesn’t have. '
article_snippet: Presenter Iain Dale said Muslims would say Islam was ‘entirely peaceful’, but Rev Ashenden said parts of the Koran
article_snippet: Rev Ashenden then quoted verses which Rev Ashenden said urged Muslims to ‘strike off the heads’ of ‘those who disbelieve’.
article_snippet: When warned Rev Ashenden comments could offend Muslims, Rev Ashenden said: ‘If Muslims are offended by my quoting the Koran Muslims are not offended by Rev Ashenden, Muslims are offended by the Koran.
article_snippet: Asked whether Rev Ashenden would describe certain parts of the Koran as evil, Rev Ashenden said:
highlights_snippet: Rev Gavin Ashenden said some 100 passages in Koran incite violence .
  