Shameful silence

3:25pm Friday 22nd February 2008

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FOR our local Anglican leaders to refuse to comment on the recent remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury about adopting aspects of Sharia law is another sign of the timid' leadership we now have in many areas of the Church that represents the majority' or our country.

Dr Williams may have already apologised for his unclarity' but not for what he said.

It is simply unacceptable for the head of this country's established church to say, in effect, that if Muslims refuse to adhere to British values, then Britain will have to become a bit Muslim.

His remarks will already have emboldened British Islamic radicals and recruited more to their cause.

Willingness to accommodate Sharia law is evidence that British society is now terminally weakened and is theirs for the taking.

His remarks will have a devastating effect on Christians in the Third World.

Don't forget Dr Williams is the head of the church whose members in countries such as Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan and elsewhere, are being persecuted, harassed, attacked, forcibly convicted and murdered in large numbers at the hands of the enforcers of Sharia law.

By proposing to entrench Sharia law into Britain, he has both betrayed his besieged flock worldwide and weakened Britain against the danger that it faces from Islamic extremists who threaten Christians around the world.

It was shameful and a disgrace that the General Synod rose to its feet to applaud when it gave Dr Williams a standing ovation.

MRS M PHILLIPS Manor Park North Knutsford