بريطانيا: رئيس الوزراء يؤكد الهوية النصرانية للبلاد

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أثار تأكيد رئيس الوزراء البريطاني "ديفيد كاميرون" طبيعة الهوية النصرانية لبلاده وثقافتها وتاريخها ردود أفعال متباينة؛ حيث اتهمته القوى الليبرالية بتعزيز العزلة والانقسام داخل المجتمع، الذي يضم العديد من الطوائف غير النصرانية.

وقد أثارت تصريحات "كاميرون" التي طالبت المجتمع بالتمسك بالقيم النصرانية، وتفعيلها مطالبة المسلمين بإقرار التعددية والتنوع في المجتمع.

في حين رحَّبت الكنيسة بالتصريحات التي وصفتها بالشجاعة، ولكن أشارت القوى الليبرالية إلى أن تصريحات "كاميرون" تُشعر بتفضيل النصارى على غيرهم من المواطنين؛ ما يأخذ المجتمع إلى منحنى خطير؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Cameron’s “Christian UK” Stirs Controversy

Prime Minister David Cameron's remarks that assert Britian as a Christian country have stirred mixed reactions in the multi-faith society, amid rising complains from liberals criticizing them as fostering “alienation and division”.

Nobody could deny the UK remained a largely Christian country with “deep historical and structural links” to Christianity, Farooq Murad, secretary general of Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), was quoted by BBC on Monday, April 21.

“A sense of the sacred is to be cherished.”

Murad comments followed a declaration by Cameron earlier this month in which he asserted that UK is a Christian country.

Cameron added that Britons should be “more confident about our status as a Christian country”.

“Crucially, the Christian values of responsibility, hard work, charity, compassion, humility, and love are shared by people of every faith and none - and we should be confident in standing up to defend them,” the British PM wrote for the Church Times, adding that this did not mean “doing down” other religions.

Cameron's comments were backed by UK Muslims and Hindus who urged acknowledging the great plurality of identities in the British society.

Supporting the PM, MCB confirmed that UK would be stronger by “recognizing and celebrating” people of multiple faiths and of no faith “living in harmony”.

Hindu Council UK shared a similar opinion, saying it was very comfortable with the description.

“People can secularize those traditions but it doesn't take away from the fact that the country was based in Christian traditions,” said Anil Bhanot, managing director of Hindu Council UK.