Since the topic of the "Islamization of the UK" (Eurabia, Londistan, etc,)
myth has arisen several times recently, what do subscribers discover if
they
independently research into the murky party political background of this
racist assault on British Asians or Islam and Muslim beliefs by white
supremacist elements. For instance, is "Christian Voice" a white
supremacist
organisation (see SRI link for forum context)?
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.religion.islam/browse_thread/thread/7096113471ed6bb3/2aa9b38bbbcd28bd?lnk=st&q=author%3Arobert45%40f2s.com#2aa9b38bbbcd28bd
What else does this typically "Christian Voice" phrase supposed to signify
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" 'The mixing of races challenges the glory of God,' said the Rev Bob
West."
in relation to Muslim Asians in the UK? What should subscribers call these
covert sentiments ; "Christian is just another word for white, just as
Islamic has become another word for Asian." ? in the context of what has
been artfully posted to this forum as merely legitimate "criticism" of
Islam?
Does this Guardian "God is the God of all - The brief but passionate
liaison
between the BNP and the Evangelicals" article shed any light on the
matter?
Bellicose commentators in this forum and elsewhere on the "Apocalyptic
Blogosphere", the euphemistically called "critics" of Islam, have
strenuously denied any "New Racism" connections in their frequent
anti-Muslimism attacks on Asian immigrants.
What's the truth?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/may/03/comment.politics
Extract :-
Over the past few months there has been growing evidence of a developing
alliance between the British National party and fundamentalist
evangelicals.
Superficially, a marriage made in heaven (or should that be hell?) - both
are rightwing extremists with a love of publicity and a hatred for
progressive Britain. What's interesting is that their passionate liaison
has
ended in tears. It's a failed love affair that will encourage those who
fear
the emergence in this country of the alliances between rightwing
Christians
and rightwing secularists that are commonly forged on the other side of
the
Atlantic
It all started amicably enough. "We are a secular political party," said
BNP
spokesman Phil Edwards. "But people are worried at the political
correctness
of the Church of England and the Islamification of Britain." In response
to
these twin evils, BNP members helped to set up the "Christian Council of
Britain".
"The BNP were approached by a group of disaffected ladies and gentlemen
who
felt their traditional Christian views were not being represented by the
liberal-left spokesmen in the Anglican church," they explained. Following
this conversion experience, the BNP even found someone with reverend
before
his name to theologise party policy. "The mixing of races challenges the
glory of God," said the Rev Bob West.
Last month, a media-watch organisation started spotting the same faces
that
appear at BNP rallies regularly appearing at protests over Jerry Springer
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the Opera. ... For fundamentalist Christians from organisations like
Christian Voice are committed to the literal truth of Genesis: that all
human beings are descended from Adam and Eve. Because of this, the human
race is of "one blood" (Acts 17: 26).
Despite all their talk of sup****ting "traditional Christians" - an
increasingly transparent euphemism for fundamentalists - the idea that all
human beings share a common parentage was a tradition too far for the BNP.
Racists have always found it easier to warp the theory of evolution,
arguing, as Edwards recently did, "that white people are more highly
evolved
than blacks". ...
What is fascinating about the ill-fated combination of the BNP and
Christian
Voice is that it demonstrates how deeply resistant Christianity is to all
forms of racism. It has not always been apparent that this was the case.
After all, Christianity had a hand in slavery and apartheid.
End extract.
--
Peace
--
When a new word enters the language, it is often the result of a
scientific
advance or a diverting fad. But when the world is compelled to coin a new
term to take account of increasingly widespread bigotry, that is a sad and
troubling development. Such is the case with Islamophobia. [Kofi Annan]
Zuiko Azumazi
zuiko.azumazi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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