Actor John Rhys-Davis: Islam 'Belligerent, Offensive, Insidious'

Welsh actor John Rhys-Davis condemned Muslims for enslaving others, telling interviewer Larry King that there is "something in Islam that is belligerent, offensive, insidious, and ideologically opposed to the values that we believe."

"There is something in the nature of Islam that we are not prepared to recognize, and this is our own political fear, Rhys-Davis, best known for his roles in "Lord of the Rings" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," told King Friday on "PoliticKING with Larry King," reports HollywoodReporter.com.

And in the interview, recorded before the San Bernardino massacre last week, Rhys-Davis said blacks in the United States should be "outraged" by Muslims who turn a blind eye to slavery that is committed in the name of their religion.

"If you’re a black person in this country, and you are not outraged about this, then a lot of your ancestors would be wringing their hands," he told King.

King asked him if his comments were aimed at all Muslims, the actor made only a few exceptions, such as for those who practice Sufism, described as the "mystical" dimension of Islam, and praised Sufists as "an extraordinary bunch of spiritual people."

However, according to religious experts, many Muslims and non-Muslims believe that Sufism is not part of Islam, according to Islam and Islamic Studies Resources.

But, the actor said that there are "contradictions" in the Muslim faith.

"If Muhammad is the last prophet and nothing that he says or does can be contradicted, then you’re always going to have people coming back, like these ISIS people, and saying, 'But, in fact, slavery is justified,'" he said.

But even those Muslims he knows and likes "don't dare to say" that radical Islamists who enslave Christians are wrong, and he accused U.S. and European officials of not doing anything to stop the practice.

"If your faith in any way can justify slavery, then I don't think there's a place for you in my society. I do not want to share society with you," Rhys-Davis told King. "I'm damned if I'm going to sit around in a world that will sort of turn its eye to a new form of slavery of the worst sort. I'm outraged when I see published on the Internet Islamic justifications for slavery."

Rhys-Davies was on the program to promote the film "Return to the Hiding Place," which was recently released on DVD, and tells the true story of Christians in Holland hiding Jews from the Nazis.

Rhys-Davis also complained that political correctness is hindering free speech,especially when it comes to the media and the nation's universities.

But in comparison to Islam, Rhys-Davis said Christianity "offers hope...from early Christianity, we got the right of free speech, the right of the individual conscious … the jewel in the crown is the abolition of slavery."

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