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Sidelining of Christianity is 'common sense'
It is "common sense" for Christianity to be sidelined at the expense of Islam, a Government minister claimed on Sunday. Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, defended Labours policy on religion after a report backed by the Church of England claimed that Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of attention.
Ms Blears told BBC Radio 4s Sunday programme: Thats just common sense. If weve got an issue where we have to build resilience of young Muslim men and women to withstand an extremist message. She added: We live in a secular democracy. Thats a precious thing. We dont live in a theocracy, but weve always accepted that hundreds of thousands of people are motivated by faith. We live in a secular democracy but we want to recognise the role of faith. The Church of England bishop responsible for the report, the Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, Bishop for Urban Life and Faith, said afterwards: She said we live in a secular democracy. That comes as news to me we have an established Church, but the Government cant deal with Christianity. As The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday, the landmark report commissioned by the Church and written by academics at the Von Hugel Institute accuses ministers of paying only lip service to Christianity and marginalising the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, while focusing intently on Islam. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-10 |
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