P.C. in the U.K.: English Liberals Remove Crucifix in Prison Prayer Room

Daily Mail: Prison bans chapel crucifix to avoid offending Muslims By Daily Mail Reporter

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.

Try to follow the logic, if it doesn’t give you a migraine in the process: Expensive (and highly unreasonable)  accommodations for Muslims (but not Christians) are perfectly fine, but displaying a symbol of Christianity on the wall? Oh hell no!

At no point do these idiots ever consider the possibility that the systematic suppression of Christianity might offend, you know, Christians. But I need not tell you where sympathies lie among liberals.

According the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), the traditional Christian crucifix was erased from the chapel’s blueprints after discussion with a Muslim imam.

If naivete was mass, whoever is making these decisions would create several black holes. Consider: they consulted with a Muslim imam about a Christian symbol. First of all, if they knew anything about Islam, they wouldn’t have to consult with the imam considering that Islam professes total contempt for anything non-Muslim. OF COURSE, the imam was going to object.

The greater question is whether anyone has the right to demand one religion and its symbols be suppressed.  Muslims are not being packed on train cars and forced to attend Midnight Mass. As far as I understand, Muslims in England are free to practice their religion without interference.

Do you think anyone in Iran or Saudi Arabia would give a rat’s ass what a Catholic thought or felt?

Amanda Hamblin, chairman of the IMB, said: ‘We see this as a vastly improved facility and very much welcome the fact that the prison has an imam.

‘It is key that everyone will have access to a decent place of worship whether they are Muslims, Christians or any other faith.

So an imam is employed by the prison, but hanging a crucifix or a cross in the prison prayer room is a problem.

Does hanging a crucifix or cross on the wall of a prison render the place indecent?

‘[T]he facilities were very poor before. Now they have been set up with a lot of consultation and thought given to how to make it fit for purpose, fit for access and fit for the religious needs of our prisoners, whatever those may be.’

A crucifix or cross did not hamper “access” or “the religious needs” of your prisoners, unless one of those needs was the suppression of one religion in favor of another.

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.’

He continued: ‘I don’t think the Muslim prisoners would give a monkeys to be honest, it’s just the normal PC brigade poking its nose in when it isn’t needed.’

If this man is correct, Muslims may not be bothered at all by crosses and crucifixes. No matter. The mindless liberals running the show will assume offense and then act on that assumption.

This is the latest in a very long line of examples of “anarchy in the U.K.” The misguided people controlling England and institutions continue to take a bulldozer to its long history, its language, religion, culture, traditions, etc.

Nothing is safe.

Is anyone fighting this open contempt and systematic censorship? Do the English understand that they are quickly committing cultural suicide all in some foolish and delusional effort to spare the feelings — FEELINGS — of those who have immigrated into their land? (1) Do they even suspect the harm they are causing?

Entire generations made England a global super power. Now it can barely control its own borders while it is openly embarrassed of anything remotely related to its heritage. No need to worry about the enemy without when the enemy within is infinitely worse. You know, kind of like the United States.

For those Muslims and English liberals who sincerely believe that a cross is offensive,

here are 14:

For those Muslims and English liberals who agree that a crucifix is offensive, here’s a big one:

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(1) I don’t mean to imply that human emotions are not of great value; they are. I can be quite emotional about all sorts of matters. But when emotions cloud or eliminate any rational thought, they then lose any value they have. Too many people making serious decisions on matters of public policy live their lives ignoring any need for logic and rationality. They are usually known as liberals. It would be bad enough if they acted in this manner in their personal lives, but their actions impact millions of innocent people. So when a prayer room his constructed for prisoners, it is fair to make reasonable accommodations for all faiths. Requesting a copy of a Quran, for example, would be reasonable. Installing foot baths with warm water is far from reasonable. It’s bloody asinine and unnecessary. (Imagine Christians getting away with such an outlandish request. What’s with Muslims and their bizarre foot/shoe fetish?) Speaking of shoes, my message to Iraqis: stop throwing your shoes at my President or waving them in protest, you ingrate weirdos. President Bush merely put his entire career and life on the line to do the job that your people failed repeatedly to do: eliminate the ruthless and sadistic dictator who created your nation into a prison. If you don’t have the civility to express a modicum of appreciation to this man, then kindly shut the fuck up.

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