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[Articles of Faith] 31 Jan 2008--As we report today, the Rector of St Aldates Oxford, Charlie Cleverley, has been attacking the plans for a thrice-daily 'call to prayer' in Oxford, plans which the Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard, has supported. Some of the comments on ThisisOxfordshire make interesting reading. Dr Nazir-Ali, who made headlines with his comments that some parts of Britain were becoming no-go areas for non-Muslims, and has criticised permitting the azan in Britain, also spoke at the Oxford Union last night. A mole in the audience sent me some of his remarks, which I've reproduced below.
'Christianity is at the heart of British history, art, constitutional arrangements and literature. If a society doesn't have the spiritual resources of that kind it will fail to deal with other faiths. It will marginalise them all. In many ways that is what has happened in Britain and that's why it is very important for the people of Britain to recover a moral and spiritual vision on the basis of which they can be hospitable to everyone else.'
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