Brace yourselves?

I was rather hoping to be able to write a more upbeat editorial this month, but circumstances have conspired against me!

Two matters have continued to dominate the headlines — the gay agenda and Islam. Tony Blair has explained that the major conflict of our world today is a confrontation between the forces of liberal democracy and those of totalitarian fundamentalism (with extreme Islam in mind). If we take that as a model for what is going on in our own country, then, apart from some marvellous intervention of God, there are only three possible outcomes, none of which looks comfortable for Bible-believing Christians and churches.

Possible outcomes

The first possible outcome is that radical Islam wins. In late January, the newspapers reported that one in eight young Muslims admire al-Qa’eda and that 40% want shari’a law in Britain. The leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, has said that in some ways elements of the Muslim community are to be compared with the BNP. Also arrests took place in Birmingham of Muslims alleged to have plotted the abduction and beheading of a British soldier. Certainly, as we know from other parts of the world, if shari’a law ever did come into force in the whole or in parts of Britain, Christians would suffer. We would be the dhimmi.