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'Britain in danger of being outflanked by growing Islamic population' says church leader
"SPINELESS" politicians are ignoring the rise of Islam in the UK, according to a prominent church minister
By Dean Herbert
http://www.express.co.uk/
April 8, 2015
And the Reverend David Robertson, who will soon take over as Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, also says there is no such thing as "secular Islam".
His comments come as debate rages throughout Britain as to how to tackle the issue of radical proponents of the religion without alienating minority communities.
But the minister stressed that although he opposes "racist, jingoistic Islamophobia, the fear of Islamophobia is blinding many of our politicians to the threat we face from Islam".
Mr Robertson has accused politicians of leading the country down a "path of destruction away from the Christian foundations of our nation" by appeasing Muslims.
Writing on the Christian Today website, he said that politicians are either ignorant of the nature of Islam, or frightened of being labelled racist for speaking out about it. He said: "Christianity is the bedrock and foundation of our secular society. Islam is different. Islam has no doctrine of separation of the spiritual from the political. Islam is, and has always been, a political movement.
"There can be no such thing as secular Islam.
"The narrative is that Islam is the same as Christianity, that ISIS and others are just fundamentalists who are not really part of the 'religion of peace' and that Christians have their own ISIS equivalents. All untrue.
"However, the main point is that mainstream Islam does not and cannot fit in with the worldview and doctrines of our liberal secularists. And because our politicians do not see that, they cannot deal with it."
Mr Robertson warned that Britain is in danger of being outflanked by a growing Islamic population, who could wield great power within 20 years.
Mr Robertson added: "It's the organisation, social cohesion, wealth and internal discipline that brings the political power; if you want it. And Islam does. A survey released this week shows that in the UK as a whole Islam will be 11 per cent of the population within a couple of decades.
"Our secularists cannot cope with that."
Mr. Robertson, minister of Dundee St Peter's Free Church and director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, will become moderator of the Free Church next month.
A spokesman for the Muslim Council of Scotland yesterday declined to comment.
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