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How This Country Is Slowly But Surely Being Destroyed
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pandering to him has already started
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I'm puzzled to know why the Church has to be involved in this at all. There has only been a Mayor of London (not to be confused with the Lord Mayor of London) since 1998. It is hardly some medieval post steeped in history.
Having said that, I suppose it's something of an achievement that the ceremony is taking place at Southwark Cathedral and not in Tooting Mosque. I fancy the odds on a "multi-faith" ceremony being held there are considerably longer.
Having said that, I suppose it's something of an achievement that the ceremony is taking place at Southwark Cathedral and not in Tooting Mosque. I fancy the odds on a "multi-faith" ceremony being held there are considerably longer.
"Surely pandering to him would involve him being sworn in at a mosque in a Muslim only ceremony?"
and no douby they would have if they werent worried about the backlash it would have caused...
im sure theres mosques all over the country celebrating their muslim mayor of london...and quietly high fiving theyve got another one in a position of power
and no douby they would have if they werent worried about the backlash it would have caused...
im sure theres mosques all over the country celebrating their muslim mayor of london...and quietly high fiving theyve got another one in a position of power
“I can't see anything wrong with this whatsoever, but there again... I'm not a racist.”
Neither am I, Mikey. But we fundamentally differ in many respects. As I said earlier, I cannot imagine why the swearing in ceremony of the London Mayor has to take place in a Church of England Cathedral. There is no religious connection to the post. It has to be said that Southwark Cathedral (on the south side of London Bridge) is probably the nearest big building to City Hall. But there are others and, of course, there is City Hall itself where there must be a decent sized room to hold the swearing in. After all, there’s no need to make a song and dance about it and all it needs is Mr Khan, a Commissioner for Oaths and a few officials to act as witnesses. Why “faith” has to be involved at all is a little mysterious. I don’t know how much “faith” is involved with the ceremony (in fact until today I didn’t know there was any at all) but since it is and since a Cathedral has been chosen for the venue I would expect the Christian faith to be the only one involved (because that’s what cathedrals do). I am absolutely certain that a Mosque would not be used for a “multi-faith” ceremony so I don’t see why a cathedral should.
I still hanker after the days when there were few or no Muslims in the UK. As I’ve said before, in my opinion there is no place in the UK (or indeed in Western Europe) for Islam. It is a pernicious invasive religion whose followers are often unable to take part in normal life in the UK without special dispensations. But the irreparable damage is done and future generations of non-Muslims in the UK will look back on the day of Mr Khan’s election as a pivotal moment. They will wonder what on earth we did to stand by and allow the Islamification of this country. They will ask why we did not learn from the Moorish invasion of southern Europe (which took 800 years to finally repel).
Neither am I, Mikey. But we fundamentally differ in many respects. As I said earlier, I cannot imagine why the swearing in ceremony of the London Mayor has to take place in a Church of England Cathedral. There is no religious connection to the post. It has to be said that Southwark Cathedral (on the south side of London Bridge) is probably the nearest big building to City Hall. But there are others and, of course, there is City Hall itself where there must be a decent sized room to hold the swearing in. After all, there’s no need to make a song and dance about it and all it needs is Mr Khan, a Commissioner for Oaths and a few officials to act as witnesses. Why “faith” has to be involved at all is a little mysterious. I don’t know how much “faith” is involved with the ceremony (in fact until today I didn’t know there was any at all) but since it is and since a Cathedral has been chosen for the venue I would expect the Christian faith to be the only one involved (because that’s what cathedrals do). I am absolutely certain that a Mosque would not be used for a “multi-faith” ceremony so I don’t see why a cathedral should.
I still hanker after the days when there were few or no Muslims in the UK. As I’ve said before, in my opinion there is no place in the UK (or indeed in Western Europe) for Islam. It is a pernicious invasive religion whose followers are often unable to take part in normal life in the UK without special dispensations. But the irreparable damage is done and future generations of non-Muslims in the UK will look back on the day of Mr Khan’s election as a pivotal moment. They will wonder what on earth we did to stand by and allow the Islamification of this country. They will ask why we did not learn from the Moorish invasion of southern Europe (which took 800 years to finally repel).
New Judge....as an atheist, I'm not comfortable with a swearing-in ceremony for an elected politician. But, unless things have changed since I was last in court ( as a witness I might add quickly ! ) religious books are used as part of the evidence given, are they not ?
But if this is a truly multi-faith ceremony, is that not such a bad thing ?
The Cenotaph ceremony every November includes lots of different religions,and is all the richer for so doing.
If it brings people together, I would be prepared to put my atheism to one side and attend, given the chance.
But if this is a truly multi-faith ceremony, is that not such a bad thing ?
The Cenotaph ceremony every November includes lots of different religions,and is all the richer for so doing.
If it brings people together, I would be prepared to put my atheism to one side and attend, given the chance.
