Posted on 04/01/2007 4:59:20 PM PDT by nwrep
CLITHEROE, England: On a chill night this winter, this pristine town adjacent to royal estates in some of England's most untouched countryside gave permission for a former Christian church to become a mosque. The narrow vote by the municipal authorities marked the end of a bitter struggle by the tiny Muslim population to establish a place of worship, one that will put a mosque in an imposing stone Methodist church that had been used as factory since its congregation dwindled away 40 years ago. The battle underscored Britain's unease with its Muslim minority, and particularly the infiltration of terror cells among the faithful, whose devotion has challenged an increasingly secular Britain's sense of itself. Britain may continue to regard itself as a Christian nation. But practicing Muslims are likely to outnumber church-attending Christians in several decades, according to a recent survey by Christian Research, a group that specializes in documenting the status of Christianity in Britain. More devout and conspicuous than ever in both the halls of power and in working class neighborhoods, Britain's 1.6 million Muslims (about 2.7 percent of the population) are at once alienated and increasingly assertive in their aspirations. It is these demographics, and the visibility of Blackburn's 40 mosques, many of them relatively new, juxtaposed alongside the ancient Christian church spires, that frightened the opponents of the mosque in Clitheroe. As Arshad makes plans for renovating the church building, the Christians of Clitheroe are taking stock.
At the Anglican Saint Mary Magdalene Church, where the first stone was laid in the 12th century, the congregation has dropped to about 90 people on Sunday and the average age is 75, said the vicar, Philip Dearden. Christenings are now rare, and he has only seven weddings booked for the year, down from 30 a while ago.
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The Brits better get a hold on things real quick and stop the guilt tripping. They will soon be the minority in thier own country under shia law!
A sign of the times and of things to come? Don't be smug, America, it is happening here too.
Only on a much smaller scales.Churches here are thriving, mega-churches are sprouting up everywhere. Muslims in America are more secular than Muslims in the UK.
Only ~5% of Europe attends church. Before they know it they will be hearing the Koran prayers five times a day throughout England. Then followed by a tax paid to the Muzzies.
Here in Irving, Texas, everyday I drive past a huge Mosque that dwarfs everything around it.
We are a larger country and it will take a lot longer, but already they are pushing and prodding to see how much we will let them get away with, i.e. taxi drivers and flying imans. Also, only 50% of people in this country see a problem at all, the other 50% are enablers. It gives me the shivers.
I trust that the FBI has a satellite office nearby.
The Town fathers will see the wicked error of their grand "tolerance" eventually, but too late. When they object, they'll be treated like these people always treat infidel dhimmies. If they're really lucky, they'll escape with their heads still attached to their shoulders.
Bad ju-ju is coming to the people of the pristine, idyllic village of Clitheroe. Their gallant forefathers who marched east in the 12th Century to save Christendom and the Holy Land warned them, but they have refused to listen.
Just like us.
They probably do, but just don't tell the ACLU.
Guilt is destroying Europe.
Socialism is destroying Europe. Guilt is simply one of the methods the socialists use in their assault on Europeans, and it is one of the most successful.
"Guilt is destroying Europe."
It ain't doin' us no good, neither.
On the borderland of my dreams, I met the spirit of my doppelgangers (ghostly doubles).
It'll be too late.
"...the other 50% are enablers. It gives me the shivers."
Then they deserve to be subjugated.
Let's pray they don't take the rest of us down with them.
So the temp gets cranked up a little more. Did the little frogs swimming in the water notice?
I am saying it will never happen here. There just is not as much Muslim immigration to this country, unlike in the UK. Over 98% of the immigrants to this country are non-Muslims. On the other hand, almost 30% of the immigrants to the UK are Muslims.
Makes for a bigger target ;-)
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