Threats made against British Bishop who said Islamic extremism has created no-go areas in the United Kingdom

Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of RochesterBy Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
Saturday, February 2, 2008

ROCHESTER, ENGLAND (ANS) — A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism in Britain has turned some communities into no-go areas for non-Muslims has received threats against himself and his family.
 
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, said last month non-Muslims may find it hard to live or work in some areas.

Now he says he has received threats which have been reported to police. Police in Kent said it was aware of the situation but could not comment on matters of personal security.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph on January 6, Dr Nazir-Ali said there had been a worldwide resurgence of Islamic extremism, leading to young people growing up alienated from the country they lived in. (more…)

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Christians to Unite in Prayer for London

By Jeremy Reynalds : Jan 24, 2008 : ASSIST News Service

“When Christians unite to pray things happen; continents are shaken, movements begin and history is made. I truly believe that this is Britain’s season for change.”

Global Prayer London(London, UK)—Churches from across London will converge on Westminster Chapel in central London this Friday, [at 7pm local time], to launch the Global Day of Prayer London 2008, and celebrate the completion of London’s prayer marathon.

According to a story on the Christian Today website, thousands of individuals from hundreds of churches representing Christianity across England’s capital city joined together in continuous prayer for London every minute of each day in 2007. (more…)

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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto devastating for Pakistani Christians

By Michael Ireland

Published on Monday, December 31, 2007
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) — According to Impact News (IN) at www.thepath.fm/news , not only have Pakistani Christians lost a vital supporter of their rights, but the assassination of Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has left them with little hope of becoming free from Muslim blasphemy laws. (more…)

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African Anglicans Say Gay Bishops Affirmation ‘Shatters Hopes of Reconciliation’

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter – January 10, 2013

Anglican leaders in Africa have expressed their outrage over the Church of England’s decision to approve gay bishops in its order, saying that the decision could put an end to hopes of healing broken relationships in the Communion.

Archbishop Nicholas Okoh of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest provinces of the Anglican Communion with 17 million members, said that the affirmation of gay bishops “could very well shatter whatever hopes we had for healing and reconciliation within our beloved Communion,” Reuters reported.

Okoh added that the Church of England has given into “the contemporary idols of secularism and moral expediency,” and that it is “one step removed from the moral precipice we have already witnessed in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in Canada.”

Last week, the House of Bishops of the Church of England announced that it had internally decided to allow gay clergy to serve as bishops if they promise a life of celibacy, even if they are in a same-sex civil partnership.

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