05 August 2008

Christians do not need to fear Islamic take-over in UK, says Interserve head

You may recall my writing about this a few weeks back; Well, I was pleasantly surpised to see this being part of what was part of the Keswick convention this year, as that is probably reaching the constituency who most need to hear it (along with the New Wine network, I suspect). I say this from a prejudiced and jaundiced perspective which I'd be happy to see refuted evidentially; that Keswick is probaly the heart of Daily Mail Evangelicalism. Anyway, skip over here:
Christians do not need to fear Islamic take-over in UK, says Interserve head:
What Steve says is important and challenging but surely needs to be heard.
"A sub-replacement birthrate was one of the causes of the decline of Christianity in Europe and it looks set to do the same for Islam in Europe.
Not only is an Islamic takeover in this country unlikely, but Bell also believes that the UK is providing a safe place in which Islam can change: 'Muslims in the West are finding they can practice Islam without pressure from Islamic governments. So here in the UK both dangerous Islamists and freethinking reformers are emerging. The West is now the crucible in which Islam is being openly debated and modified for the
21st century. I suggest the outcome of the debate in this country that is going on between Muslims could well affect the outcome for the future of Islam worldwide. A reforming process is already painfully underway within the house of Islam ... God is at work in these days and it is exciting that He should choose Britain to be the crucible of that debate. The presence of two million British Muslims (accounting for the illegals) cannot be a mistake or God is not sovereign. It is God who is steering human history to His appointed end.'"

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