Multiculturalism

Asia Bibi asylum application was not ‘blocked’ by Theresa May (the Daily Mail made that up)

November 29, 2018
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A few days ago the Daily Mail carried a quite shocking story about the Prime Minister's cold-hearted callousness. The report claimed that Theresa May had personally intervened and 'blocked' an asylum application from Asia Bibi, effectively abandoning her to the…

BBC Newsnight provides a pulpit for the myth of secular neutrality

August 16, 2018
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"The best guarantee of religious tolerance is a well-organised secular state... there is a higher authority; it's called the law," proclaimed author Ian McEwan on the BBC's 'Newsnight', in a…

No, Ruth Davidson: the burqa is a world away from a crucifix

August 10, 2018
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Scottish Tory Leader Ruth Davidson is of the view that a Muslim wearing a burqa is no different from a Christian who wears a crucifix. She said: "If you use…

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Ofsted chief says they have ‘no anti-faith bias’, but does she have anti-Protestant leanings?

July 10, 2018
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Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman gave a speech yesterday evening entitled 'The Ties that Bind', which concerned the need for a little more 'muscular liberalism' in education. She spoke at…

The Paris Statement: a true Europe (marked by Christianity) vs the false Europe (utopian and tyrannical)

October 10, 2017
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In May 2017, a group of conservative scholars and intellectuals met in Paris... No, don't yawn. They say they were "brought together by their common concern about the current state…

Do smutty and sexual Ariana Grande lyrics increase the risk of terrorism?

September 13, 2017
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"My daughter saw things no child should ever have to see," said the mother of young Ariana Grande fan earlier last month. She told of the emotional and mental impact…

If a bigot can’t be PM, why should one be allowed to become an MP?

September 7, 2017
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Jacob Rees-Mogg walks into a TV studio. Grand Inquisitor Piers Torquemorgan has wheeled out his rack; his beatific assistant Susanna Reid has greased up the Judas cradle. Heresy is not…

West Midlands Police: FGM parents/cutters only prosecuted “if in the child’s best interests”

February 27, 2017
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It has long been a cause of puzzlement why thousands of recorded cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK result in so few prosecutions and zero convictions. Now…

Sadiq Khan is Muslim. Get over it!

May 7, 2016
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Sadiq Khan has been elected the first Muslim mayor of London. Muslim, Muslim, Muslim. Islam, Islam, Islam. The council-estate sons and daughters of Pakistani bus drivers are taking over…

Muslim ghettos and the "muscular" approach to integration

April 12, 2016
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When, a decade ago, the Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali was warning of Muslim 'no-go areas', where sharia police stalk the streets and the real police fear to tread…

Stephen Crabb has no need to be ashamed of his Christian faith

December 19, 2015
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Who could have imagined just 15 years ago at the turn of the century that we would now be living in such unpredictable times? What seems like a permanent…

The Woolf Institute is wrong: Christianity is needed in public life now more than ever

December 15, 2015
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This is a guest post by Will Jones who holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Reading and a diploma in Biblical Studies from Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He currently works…

Woolf Institute: Butler-Slush and the demand for more multifaith mish-mash

December 8, 2015
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So, the Woolf Institute, whose declared mission is concerned with "combining theology with the social sciences and the humanities", in pursuit of "interfaith" "social solidarity" and "common purpose", convenes…

Nissar Hussain battered with a pickaxe in Bradford for converting from Islam to Christianity

November 21, 2015
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Quite a few British Muslims are eager to abandon the path of Mohammed and the faith of their forefathers. Some are brave enough to convert to Christianity and make…

The Paris attacks are a reminder of our unwillingness to accept uncomfortable truths

November 16, 2015
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Do you remember the story of Rachel Dolezal, the black US civil rights activist, who was outed by her parents earlier this year as actually being white? Five months…

White trash? Court rules that white girls are worth less than Asians

September 18, 2015
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Paedophilia, molestation, rape, grooming, 'white trash'.. Stories abound of the gangs of Asian (usually Pakistani) men preying on young white girls, believing them to be somehow worth less than…

Without Christianity at its heart, the next Coronation will be empty ritual

September 10, 2015
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In the week when Queen Elizabeth II reached a momentous landmark in her reign, it does feel rather inappropriate to be talking about what will happen once she is…

Mohammed, not Oliver, is UK's most popular baby name for boys

August 18, 2015
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According to the Office for National Statistics, 6,649 baby boys were named Oliver last year, making it the most popular baby name for boys born in the UK. This…

Cameron can no more "destroy the Caliphate" than he can abolish the New Jerusalem

July 21, 2015
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David Cameron's long-awaited speech on Islamic extremism (aka Islamism) was sort of worth waiting for. As he expounded his 'One Nation' vision to defeat the "poison" of extremism, he…

#PastoralLetter (4): sowing old seeds cannot produce "new politics"

March 28, 2015
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Having responded to the Preface of the Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops “to the people and parishes of the Church of England for the General Election 2015″;…