And there are several letters in today’s Daily Telegraph, all in support of the Bishop of Rochester:

“The representatives of the Ramadhan Foundation and the Islamic Society of Great Britain, who have been quick to call for action against the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, should realise that freedom of speech is still highly valued in this country.”

“The most sensible pronouncements from the Church of England emanate from Bishop Nazir-Ali and Archbishop John Sentamu. Why do other bishops not speak out for the Church on which much of the culture of this country is based?”

“If you believe you are Allah’s chosen people, destined to rule the world, you should never surrender any territory or any aspect of life you have Islamised. Unless there is resolute action (unlikely from our feeble politicians), Muslim ghettoes in Britain will keep growing, pressures will increase for more privileges for Islam in the West.”

The Sunday Telegraph‘s promotion of Nazir-Ali’s repellent views on Muslims has drawn a predictable response on its website. Here is a selection of comments (and bear in mind that comments on the Torygraph site are moderated):

“This is all going to end in a huge tragedy. Either the complete Islamization of Britain, or civil war. It is an absolute nightmare, and it is the Britons who are bringing this upon themselves.”

“Islamic immigration has to got to stop in this country. Don’t you get it? Once Muslims becaome a majority, they claim it as a Muslim country. And once it’s been called Islamic, they start calling everyone else occupiers, infidels, Kaphur, and crusaders.”

“Take heed to the warning signs or you will wake up one day having to bow to Mecca 5 times a day wheather you want to or not; or worse end up on some internet beheading slide show.”

“You dumb britts make me sick. Quit complaining and take it to the streets before it’s too late. Nobody is going to help you this time. You criticise president Bush for fighting terrorist and militant islam and they are almost done with you and what is left of your culture.”

“Recitation of the Adhan, in a non-Islamic country, is a weapon of Islamic imperialism, one which marks another step towards stamping an Islamic identity on an area. Which is just what Bishop Nazir-Ali is warning against here.”

“Our history is that of a Christian nation, even if we have not been very good at it. Now, after kicking Christian teachings out of schools and Government, and welcoming the worship of foreign Gods in our land, we need toget down on our knees and ask for forgiveness and deliverence from the violence that will come as we turn our country over to followers of a religion that seeks to dominate this world by persecution of Christians and women as a matter of course.”

“Unfortunately Islam is not just a ‘faith’, it’s a global political movement. And a dangerous one for non-muslims at that. When Ayaan Hirsi Ali was interviewed by the Independent in November, she made some very compelling points – and the research I have done since has really convinced me she’s probably right. She says that peaceful, moderate Muslims are not actually practicing their faith. Islam is not a religion of peace, it is a call to arms to eventually, ‘take over the world’. It is violent, misogynist, and there is no room for interpretation. It’s scary stuff, people!”

And so on, and so on.

The leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance group on Newham Council, Cllr Alan Craig, has come out in support of the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, after he warned on Sunday that Islamic extremism was creating “no-go areas” for people of a different faith.

Cllr Craig commended the Bishop as “courageous” for highlighting the “deliberate creation of Muslim enclaves by radical Islamists in Britain”. “Of course the Bishop will get attacked by ostriches who hide their heads in the sand and hope the problem will go away,” said Cllr Craig.

The CPA leader has spearheaded a lengthy campaign against the building of a giant mosque next to the London Olympics site in east London by the controversial Tablighi Jamaat group.

“Mega-mosque promoters Tablighi Jamaat have just such a track record of creating a Muslim enclave around their current UK headquarters mosque in the Saville Town area of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire,” said Cllr Craig. “Muslim superiority and separatism is what Tablighi Jamaat preach, and Muslim ghettos are often the result. That’s why we don’t want the Tablighi Jamaat mega-mosque in our diverse east London where social cohesion and integration are highly valued.”

He added, “LibDem leader Nick Clegg should visit Dewsbury before he further criticises Dr Nazir-Ali. He should see for himself the ‘parallel society’ Tablighi Jamaat have established in the streets around their mosque.”

Christian Today, 7 December 2008

BNP blogger English Rose, initiator of the notorious “mega-mosque” petition (see here, here and here), endorses Craig’s stand in support of Nazir-Ali.

A Tory town council mayor has sparked an outcry after saying Muslims “cause mayhem with explosives”. Tory Mirfield mayor Robert Bennett made the remarks in an email to the town council clerk. Today his comments were branded as unacceptable and disgraceful by his party. The email, passed to the Yorkshire Evening Post, follows a request by the Huddersfield-based Ahmidiyya Muslim Association to appear before the town council to ask for funding.

Part of his email response to the request, says: “I am aware Islamic organisations are keen to promote a view that they are peaceful, forward thinking individuals who wish to integrate into the British way of life. The policy of clothing the feminine population of Dewsbury in black sack-like clothing from head to toe, the occasional trip out to cause mayhem with explosives and the proposal that all those of homosexual persuasion should be killed by shooting or other means is adequate and practical testimony to the level of progress being made in this direction.”

Yorkshire Evening Post, 7 January 2008