28 January 2011

1 in 10 Britons Will Be Muslim

.... On one level this is a personal choice. My contacts with devout Muslims have made me consider my own Catholic faith in a fresh light. I have taken Lent more seriously after talking to one Muslim about the fasting and abstinence demanded by Ramadan.

But on another level British society needs to reflect the growth in British Islam.

Watch TV and wait for the evidence of British Islam - it is virtually invisible. Or, at least, it projects a particular kind of progressive or regressive Islam.

You will know Islam is being taken seriously when, by 2030, there is a commercial for soap powder featuring a woman in a hijab.

[COMMENT] Will this take British society forwards or backwards? ....Why do you think Moslems are not allowed to criticize or challenge any aspect of Islam? Strongly suggests an attempt at brainwashing the faithful and something to hide. Islam has many serious skeletons in its cupboard. At least Christians are at last mature enough to admit and to talk openly about theirs! [Sky News] Read more [via London Muslim]