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Bishop attacks 'victim' Muslims
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2438570,00.html
Christopher Morgan
November 05, 2006
The Church of England's only Asian bishop, whose father converted from
Islam, has criticised many Muslims for their "dual psychology", in which
they desire both "victimhood and domination".
In the most outspoken critique of Muslims by a church leader, Michael
Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, said that because of this view it would
never be possible to satisfy all their demands.
"Their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always
right to intervene when Muslims are victims, as in Bosnia or Kosovo, and
always wrong when the Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists, as with the
Taliban or in Iraq," said Nazir-Ali.
"Given the world view that has given rise to such grievances, there
can never be sufficient appeasement and new demands will continue to be
made."
The failure to counter such beliefs meant that radical Islam had
flourished in Britain, spread by extremist imams indoctrinating children for
up to four hours a day, he said.
Nazir-Ali added that rigorous checks, from which the government had
retreated in face of Muslims' protests, should be imposed to ensure that
arriving clerics were committed to the British way of life.
"Characteristic British values have developed from the Christian faith
and its vision of personal and common good," said the bishop in an interview
with The Sunday Times.
"After they were clarified by the enlightenment they became the
bedrock of our modern political life. These values need to be recovered to
help us to inculcate the virtues of generosity, loyalty, moderation and
love."
Nazir-Ali, who was born in Pakistan and whose father converted from
Islam to Catholicism, said radical Islam was being taught in mosque schools
across Britain. "While radical teaching may not be happening everywhere, its
presence is felt across the country. It affects all Muslims," he said.
"The two main causes of the present situation [rising extremism] are
fundamentalist imams and material on the internet." He proposed to filter
out imams who might whip up extremism: "They must be vetted for appropriate
qualifications, they must have a reasonable knowledge of the English
language and they must take part in a recognised process of learning about
British life and culture."
The government, after lobbying from Muslim groups, retreated from
proposals to toughen entry requirements put forward by David Blunkett, the
former home secretary, two years ago. Plans to require foreign clerics to
sit a test on British civic values a year after arriving were cancelled
along with the introduction of a requirement to speak English to
conversational level.
Nazir-Ali also criticised women wearing veils that cover the whole
face. Tony Blair called the full veil a "mark of separation", but Rowan
Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said any curbs on wearing it would
be "politically dangerous".
Nazir-Ali drew attention to a "huge increase" in the wearing of Muslim
dress in Egypt, Malaysia and Pakistan, saying that in Britain there were
circumstances where the full veil should not be worn: "I can see nothing in
Islam that prescribes the wearing of a full-face veil. In the supermarket
those at the cash tills need to be recognised. Teaching is another context
in which society requires recognition and identification."
Nazir-Ali, 57, was born a Catholic in Karachi, converted to
Protestantism and was received into the Church of Pakistan at 20. He settled
in Britain in the 1980s and became the youngest bishop in the world at 35.
Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of
Britain, said his comments were not "very helpful for community
relationships".
[ed. Yeah, why couldn't he just be an spineless Dhimmi like the
politicians?...]
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