Posted on 02/10/2008 1:29:56 PM PST by Saoirise
The poor old Ayatollah of Canterbury doesn't actually deserve all the slime now being tipped over his modernised mitre. Just some of it.
Of course it is absurd for the chief of the Christian Church in this country to cringe publicly to Islam. But at least Archbishop Williams is open about his unwillingness to defend the faith – as is his colleague, the wretched Bishop of Oxford, who recently announced that he was perfectly happy for loudspeakers to blare the Muslim call to prayer across that city.
Even on their own liberal terms, this pair are clueless about sharia and its scorn for women. It was exiled Iranian Muslim women who defeated a similar proposal in Canada. They had travelled thousands of miles to escape sharia law and didn't want it in Toronto, thanks very much.
Compare that with the Government, which poses stern-faced as the foe of "terror" and noisily jails figures of fun such as Abu Hamza while greasily pretending that there's no connection between Islam and terrorism.
Gordon Brown's Cabinet has also quietly agreed that Muslim men with more than one wife can now claim benefits for these extra spouses – while bigamy remains a criminal offence for everyone else, punishable by up to seven years in prison.
And what about the discreet little Whitehall celebrations of the Muslim festival of Eid, attended by highly placed civil servants?
Or the incessant multi-faith propaganda in supposedly Christian State schools, where children known to me have been pestered to draw pictures of mosques but are given virtually no instruction in the faith and scripture of our own established Church?
Why is it that in Britain, alone of all countries in the world, the most exalted, educated and privileged have all lost the will to defend their own home? Most of us liked it the way it was before they began to "modernise" it.
I know of nowhere else where those most richly rewarded by a free society are so anxious to trash the place that gave them birth and liberty.
Ayatollah of Canterbury - Love it!
Good commentary from Peter Hitchins, I think Peter is brother of Christopher Hitchins, but not sure as the coffee is just about hitting now.
Seems that our British bretheren may be in the process of “losing their way.” Or should I, perhaps, frame that in the past tense.
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This is Christopher Hitchen's brother, am I correct? I love the way this guy sticks it to political correctness.
Of the ones who are not card-carrying Communists, Gramscians, or Illuminati agents, it may be a misplaced idea of being polite and tolerant in a liberal multiculturalist sense. Tea time for the Ayatollahs.
As a nominal Christian, he wouldn't make out very well under Sharia law, would he?
Yes, they are brothers. Both are excellent writers, even if one does not agree with their (differing) viewpoints.
Amazingly different points of view.
“Gordon Brown’s Cabinet has also quietly agreed that Muslim men with more than one wife can now claim benefits for these extra spouses – while bigamy remains a criminal offence for everyone else, punishable by up to seven years in prison.”
Church + State, the ultimate breeding grounds for sanctioned hypocrisy.
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This morning my pastor spoke about the danger that was heading our way...
He said that Europe was lost to the Islamics now, and we were next unless we fasted and prayed and turned it around...
The problem here in America is that most pastors dont recognize the evil that is fast coming upon us...
...”as is his collegue, the wretched Bishop of Oxford..”
Mr. Hitchins gives a good British ribbing, and they deserve it!:)
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