Posted on 04/01/2008 7:15:44 PM PDT by blam
No more mosques, says senior Synod member
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:20am BST 02/04/2008
A senior lay member of the Church of England's "Parliament" has called for a ban on the building of more mosques in Britain.
Alison Ruoff, a long-standing member of the General Synod, said that new mosques should not be built in this country while Islamic states continued to persecute Christians.
The former magistrate, who was one of the strongest critics of the Archbishop of Canterbury's speech on Islamic law earlier this year, added that sharia would be introduced into Britain "if we don't watch out".
Apart from being a Synod member, Mrs Ruoff, a conservative evangelical, also sits on the Bishop's Council, which advises the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres.
Although her views are representative of a small minority on the Synod, and Church spokesmen moved quickly to isolate her yesterday, they may exacerbate tensions over the place of Muslims in society.
A spokesman for the Diocese of London said: "Mrs Ruoff's comments are her own and do not reflect the views of the Diocese of London, which enjoys excellent inter-faith relations across the capital."
A Church of England spokesman added: "These are her personal comments, speaking as an individual." But senior Muslims had already reacted angrily to her comments, saying they were more typical of a member of the British National Party than the Anglican Church.
Mrs Ruoff, speaking in an interview with Premier Radio, the Christian radio station, said: "No more mosques in the UK. We are constantly building new mosques, which are paid for by the money that comes from oil states.
"We have only in this country, as far as we know, 3.5 to four million Muslims. There are enough mosques for Muslims in this country, they don't need any more.
"We don't need to have sharia law which would come with more mosques imposed upon our nation, if we don't watch out, that would happen. If we want to become an Islamic state, this is the way to go.
"You build a mosque and then what happens?
"You have Muslim people moving into that area, all the shops will then become Islamic, all the housing will then become Islamic and as the Bishop of Rochester has so wisely pointed out, that will be a no go area for anyone else.
"They will bring in Islamic law. We cannot allow that to happen."
Mrs Ruoff, who lives in Waltham Cross, north east London, added: "We are still a Christian country, we need to hold on to that.
"If we don't watch out, we will become an Islamic state. It's that serious."
However, Inayat Bunglawala, the assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "These are unfortunately very bigoted and, frankly, xenophobic remarks."
He added: "These kinds of comments you would expect to come from someone from the BNP not the Church."
According to Premier Radio, there are 47,000 Christian churches in the UK and about 1,600 mosques.
Thank you. I would love to see the same happen in all countries.
It should be obvious that the spread of terror centers should be stopped,but that poor slob in the U.K. will probably be run out of the country.
It’s an amazing time.
We sit and watch Great Brittan go under the waves.
oops! I meant poor slobette
Forget Global Warming.
This is Global Dumbing!
I am actually surprised that someone spoke freely about something so “controversial.” They can’t quite yet put people away in concentration camps, but I fear that is coming.
What's even more amazing is that as Americans watch Britain "go under the waves", they fail to recognize the exact same typhoon that is about to swallow up America too.
Its not too late. Thank God this man stood up for his country. I will support any man who stands up against the islamic cult.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_qelW5qp4
A British guy talks about “The Religion of Fear” and the Fitna video. Excellent video...right to the point.
Ping for later.
But apparently she's the only one, judging by the reactions of the Anglican hierarchy.
Pope Benedict has the right idea. Dialogue requires reciprocity and rationality. We will tolerate you, if you will tolerate us, for instance. Or, you can build mosques in our country if we can build churches in your countries. You can have Korans if we can have Bibles. Dialogue implies that both parties give as well as take.
Thanks. I've seen this one, excellent.
They have 1,600 Trojan Horses in Not-So-Great Britain. Inside the Trojan Horses there are millions of “moderate” Muslims waiting for the day when they can impose their “religion” on the impotent Infidels. The British and the rest of the Euro-peons need to wake up and smell the Jihad.
“Dialogue requires reciprocity and rationality.”
Dialogue? Reciprocity? Rationality? With Islam? Has hell frozen over?
There should be no tolerance for Saudi funded mosques in non-muslim nations. The nation of Saudi Arabia does not tolerate those of other faiths. It is the TRUE apartheid that Jimmy Carter and Jerimiah Wright claim Israel is.
There can be no separation of church and state when a foreign theocratic religious supremacist government is funding the expansion of the faith on foreign soil.
Enoch Powell was right.
Then there should be no pretence that dialogue is possible.
I think that’s where Pope Benedict’s initiatives are leading. Instead of endless empty “ecumenical” talk, he will demonstrate that there is no use in talking with people who don’t really want to talk with you.
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