A few good links
A few links I found interesting for one reason or another:
Aid to the Church in Need – Iraq: Celebrating Christmas behind the walls
British Religion in Numbers – ‘Religious Swearwords’
A Grain of Sand – Reshaping Society
Get Religion – Yearning for suicide, glory or both?
Iain Dales Diary – The Time Has Come to Stop Blogging (And Party Politics)
Tags: Christian Persecution, Internet & Technology, Media, Politics
December 14th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Christians seek protection in Muslim Indonesia
Lets be clear Muslim abuse of minority Christians is following a similar pattern to the Christan West who increasingly are treating Muslim minorities with abuse, racism and attacks on our Mosques by the EDL.
The UK purveyors of the religion of jihad, unlike British Christians have no dificulty defining and equating their “persecution” in the West.
December 14th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
hmmm, that was an interesting link Goy….
December 14th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
In the context of various extremists persecuting those of other religions I read the following letter in the London Evening Standard on the way back from work today. I think it’s refreshing to think that there are always those who are trying to build bridges; who are prepared to criticise their own when it is warranted; and who seek to find more constructive ways to co-exist with others. we don’t have to agree with everything that Dr Hargey writes, but iI think t is nonetheless encouraging to read this.
“THE mosque Taimour Abdulwahab attended in Luton may have upbraided him for his extremist views but it should have brought him to the attention of the public authorities. The failure of mosques that subscribe to Wahhabi or Deobandi Islam to take such action is illuminating.
Mosques across the UK remain bastions of separation as the clergy don’t understand the difference between assimilation and integration. The same isolationist mentality can be seen in Abdulwahab’s behaviour — the fact his family was cut off from their neighbours; his search for a second wife (when the Koran limits multiple marriages to specific social conditions).
Instead of multiculturalism, Britain should be looking to an ideal of shared citizenship and productive interaction. Muslims must have a stake in their locality and feel they have a say on issues such as binge drinking, even if they don’t drink themselves, instead of shutting themselves off from a “decadent” society they may one day wish to lash out against.
Equally, the superficial symbolism of beards and burkas, which are not demanded by the Koran, should be challenged as another potent token of separation. To help achieve all this, the Government must stop being bluffed by the pseudo-liberal traditionalists who dominate the current approach to community relations and turn to genuine progressive forces instead.
Dr Taj Hargey, chair, Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford
December 15th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
@Simian,
Sounds like a call for a thousand Kosovo’s across the UK now there would be a dilemma for NATO and the ultra-liberals.