December 16, 2008
Politically Correct Follies: U.K. edition
It seems that the Brits are falling all over themselves in the ceaseless desire to avoid offending Muslims. The latest example: sanitizing a prison chapel of all signs of that loathsome and annoying infidel cult known as "Christianity."
The Daily Mail (U.K.) reports:
A prison’s new chapel will not contain a crucifix to avoid offending Muslim inmates, it emerged today.
Bosses at HMP Lewes have been told the traditional Christian symbol, featuring Jesus nailed to a cross, must not be used in the Grade-II listed Victorian jail’s ‘multi-faith space’.
The room - part of a £1million new block - has been split in two, with one half featuring heated foot baths so Muslim worshippers can wash their feet before prayer.
But the other side, dedicated to Christian prayer, contains just a simple wooden cross and portable alter - both of which can be removed if necessary.
According the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), the traditional Christian crucifix was erased from the chapel’s blueprints after discussion with a Muslim imam.
A source at Lewes Prison, which houses 668 convicts, said he was not surprised by the decision to ‘drop Jesus’ from show.
He added: ‘This is typical. On one side of the room there are heated foot baths for the Muslim inmates, but on the other side there is this silly little movable alter that can be hidden away at a moment’s notice. And there is just a wooden cross, not a crucifix showing the suffering Jesus went through, because those in power thought it might offend the Muslims.’
What amazes me is how religious tolerance has morphed into avoiding offending Muslims. I can't remember the last time I heard of anything being done to avoid offending Christians or Jews. If anything, so-called "artists" go out of their way to excrete pieces designed from the get-go to poke fun at the religious beliefs and ideals of Christians.
Ask a typical Christian if he's offended by a symbol of Islam and he'll likely look at you with a mixture of consternation and incomprehension, because the question just doesn't make sense to a modern believer. "Why would someone else's faith offend me?"
So too with most Jews. A crucifix in a multi-faith chapel? "Mazel tov, use it in good health."
But the Muslims are somehow different and must be indulged, even if that means severely constraining other faiths.
The lessons for other religions are clear: threatening violence and promising widespread social unrest is a great way to cow civil authorities.
The slow-motion suicide of the West continues apace, to the great amusement of the mullahs and imams.
Lunacy.
Posted by Mike Lief at December 16, 2008 06:49 AM
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