The Church of England Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, has infuriated islamic groups in Britain by speaking out against what is called ‘no-go’ areas for non-muslims in Britain. He has spoken out about areas of Britain that have been turned into separatists communities for muslims only. Bishop Nazir-Ali says that these areas are a result of leftist multiculturalism and are undermining the influence of Christianity.
He warned against the acceptance in this country of Sharia laws based on the Koran and added that amplified calls to prayer from mosques are imposing an Islamic character on surrounding areas.
And he complained of the “multi-faith mish-mash” promoted by the Government and blamed it for undermining the influence of Christianity.
The bishop’s attack on aggressive Islamic leaders brought condemnation from prominent Muslim groups. One called for the Church of England to take “serious action” against him.
But Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said the bishop had exposed “a deeply serious problem”.
He added that Government confusion “risks encouraging radicalism and creating home-grown terrorism”.
The Bishop says that Christianity is in decline because the multi-faith provisions in the country lack a moral and spiritual vision.
He spoke of “a worldwide resurgence of the ideology of Islamic extremism” and added:
“One of the results of this has been to further alienate the young from the nation in which they were growing up and also to turn already separate communities into ‘no-go’ areas where adherence to this ideology has become a mark of acceptability.”
The bishop added: “Those of a different faith or race may find it difficult to live or work there because of hostility to them. In many ways, this is the other side of the coin of far-Right intimidation.”
Dr Nazir-Ali said that using amplification for the call to prayer from mosques was an attempt to impose Islam on an area.
This, he said, raised the question of “whether non-Muslims wish to be told the creed of a particular faith five times a day on the loudspeaker.
“This is happening here even though some Muslim-majority communities are trying to reduce noise levels from multiple mosques announcing this call, one after the other, over quite a small geographical area.”
The Bishops remarks have resulted in a sharp rebuke from the islamic leaders of Britain who have had a resurgence in power since the election of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. These leaders resorted to the type of attacks on the Bishop that we are so accustomed to hearing from the left. They said he was hate-mongering and compared him to Nazis. Sound familiar? They say that the rise is radicalized muslim youth is not due to any action on the part of muslims, but is due to policies of the United States. Try to figure THAT logic out!
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I gotta tell ya, clicking on a post about the Islamification of Britain and see all those ‘ads’, “Muslim singles”, “Muslim ringtones”, etc. is quite a hoot! LMAO
ROFL - that IS a hoot!
Feeling the loss; RIP Maj. Andrew Olmsted…
[Pic] MAJ Andrew Olmsted was killed in action January 3, 2008, and I just do not have any words to say how sorry I am to his family and friends. … He did leave us one last post which he gave to hilzoy to post in such a case as this. So at least he …..