tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post6777184450489850686..comments2024-03-28T09:17:03.940+00:00Comments on AncientBriton: Welby's viewAncientBritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-78140813855279331282016-02-13T05:06:29.794+00:002016-02-13T05:06:29.794+00:00"it is often pointed out to me that only one ..."it is often pointed out to me that only one Muslim country was not colonised by Western powers in the 19th century: Saudi Arabia." <br />In that case those doing the pointing out have their history wrong. Large numbers of Muslim countries were under the Ottoman Empire until 1919, and after its disappearance much former Ottoman territory was not colonised but became League of Nations mandates. Insuper, I do not know which western power colonised Persia. Of course resentment of the British Empire is stoked by Americans who have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing since 1776 and would rather distract attention from activities which might make them the object of distaste.Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-6774237343910469552016-02-12T21:43:12.195+00:002016-02-12T21:43:12.195+00:00I was speaking very recently to a senior Anglican ...I was speaking very recently to a senior Anglican clergyman and we talked around the recent issue of the Mosques 'open days', and I commented how unwise it seems to me for school children to experience an introduction into religion by visiting a Muslim place of worship. <br />The priest concerned challenged me vehemently,saying that Christians are guilty of open hostility to other religions and guilty of crimes of persecution this century in China and Central Africa .<br />I was taken aback! <br />My understanding that these people behaving unacceptably may be nominal Christians ,but are belonging to 'cults'. It is a bit different from the evil behaviour of the Islamic extremists who openly proclaim they are following the Qur'an and the will of Allah. Furthermore do we hear denial of the behaviour of Daesh from the mosques in this country? Many Imams are the initiators of radicalisation .<br /><br />Perhaps this priest has been on a mosque tour?<br />My response to the approach of this priest is one of extreme disappointment to learn of his apparent 'watering down' of his beliefs ,which he might call 'being tolerant'. <br />Our failure to condemn evil and our apathy and failure to defend Christianity is partly why Europe is being colonised by Islam.Simple soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820918875811010809noreply@blogger.com