A Schism brewing in England
Veeery interesting...
I have written before about how I was raised in an Anglican (Church of England) Episcopal Church while growing up in Pittsburgh and how much I decry the state that the current Church has gotten itself into. Moral laxness, no sense of good or strength of will and an anything-goes multiculturalism; try to please everyone sort of childlike (not in the good sense) mindless blather. It has grown foul and base.
A number of parishes have broken from the Church of England and gone back to the original teachings but the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, is a blithering sycophant who has publicly said that he thought that sharia law to be given full legal status.
Hat tip to
Jammie Wearing Fool for the link to
this article at the UK Daily Mail:
Church leader calls for building of mosques to be banned because of risk 'Britain will become an 'Islamic state'
A senior Church of England member called yesterday for the building of mosques to be banned.
Alison Ruoff said more construction would lead to Islamic no go areas dominated by exclusively Muslim populations living under sharia law.
Mrs Ruoff, a member of the General Synod, the Church's parliament, added: "If we don't watch out we will become an Islamic state. It's that serious."
Leading clerics have been divided over how the Church should respond to Islam. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams caused controversy by calling for sharia law to be given full legal status.
And some more:
But Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Pakistani-born Bishop of Rochester, has warned against the spread of Islamic no-go areas and said amplified calls to prayer at mosques impose an Islamic character on nearby areas.
Mrs Ruoff, a former nurse and magistrate, is a conservative evangelical regarded as one of the more outspoken Synod members. She responded to Dr William's sharia lecture by calling for the Archbishop's resignation.
Speaking on Premier Christian Radio, she said: "We are constantly building new mosques, which are paid for by the oil states.
"There are enough mosques for Muslims in this country.
"You build a mosque and then what happens? You have Muslim people moving into that area, all the shops become Islamic, all the housing will become Islamic and that will be a no-go area for anyone else.
"They will bring in Islamic law. We cannot allow that to happen.
"We are still a Christian country, we need to hold on to that."
Nice to see that some Britons still have a pair...
Posted by DaveH at April 1, 2008 10:00 PM