{"id":33031,"date":"2024-02-27T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T12:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=33031"},"modified":"2025-07-10T07:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:56:59","slug":"rwanda-and-rochdale-whats-the-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/rwanda-and-rochdale-whats-the-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda and Rochdale &#8211; what\u2019s the connection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the connection between Rwanda and Rochdale? The House of Lords has begun its look at the Government Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Meanwhile, the Labour Party have disowned their candidate for the Rochdale by-election, due to be held on Thursday twenty-ninth of February 2024. Furthermore, should Labour return to power, penning an article like this, or posting the video below, could become a crime . Read on to find out, or view our video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8AmO0jJ5Xs?si=RGMa76ZeFYLdsf6J\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Rwanda debates<\/h2>\n<p>The link is a religion followed by almost a quarter (24%) of the world\u2019s population. But such is the fear any discussion of it provokes, noble lords have failed to mentioned Islam in any of <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3540\/stages\/18451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>their debates<\/b><\/a> on the government Rwanda Bill so far.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, it is beyond dispute that the majority of migrants crossing the Channel are Muslim. Naturally, peers prefer the word \u2018refugee\u2019 over \u2018migrant\u2019 by a factor of ten to one.<\/p>\n<p>Peers, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have put down amendments which would have the effect of neutering the Bill. As is customary, they have not yet pressed any of them to a vote. That will happen at Report Stage or Third Reading. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/bills.parliament.uk\/bills\/3540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Follow the Bill\u2019s progress here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #800080; border-top: 9px solid #800080; border-bottom: 9px solid #800080; border-right: 18px solid #800080; border-left: 18px solid #800080; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stewardship.org.uk\/pages\/CV01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rochdale candidate disowned<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33037\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-300x188.jpeg\" alt=\"Azhar ALi\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-2048x1281.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-750x469.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Azhar-ALi-600x375.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azhar Ali: antisemitic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rochdale ex-Labour candidate is a Muslim career politician, Azhar Ali. He started off as a government advisor under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The Establishment gave Mr Ali, then Labour leader of Lancashire County Council, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk\/news\/18977010.labour-leader-councillor-azhar-ali-receives-obe-new-years-honours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>an OBE<\/b><\/a> for \u2018services to the community\u2019 just three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But Azhar Ali <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/02\/11\/rochdale-by-election-labour-azhar-ali-israel-allowed-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>told a meeting<\/b><\/a> of the Lancashire Labour Party towards the end of last year that Israel allowed the slaughter of their own people on 7th October 2023. He said: \u201cThe Egyptians are saying that they warned Israel 10 days earlier&#8230; Americans warned them a day before [that] there\u2019s something happening&#8230; \u201cThey deliberately took the security off, they allowed&#8230; that massacre that gives them the green light to do whatever they bloody want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ali also spoke up for Labour\u2019s suspended Andy McDonald MP, blaming \u201cpeople in the media from certain Jewish quarters\u201d. It was then that <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-68280098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Keir Starmer disowned him<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pressure on infrastructure<\/h2>\n<p>In their debates so far, Peers have shown themselves uninterested in the pressure of unfettered migration on infrastructure. That\u2019s not just the hotels and barges to accommodate alleged refugees, but the NHS, schools, social services, everything.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Minister Lee Rowley MP <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2024\/02\/13\/planning-laws-must-be-eased-because-of-immigration-crisis-minister-insists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>has said planning laws have to be eased<\/b><\/a> because of the pressure record immigration is putting on the availability of housing. Despite the housing shortage, the Home Office is paying for 16,000 homes for asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the economic case for mass migration, let alone illegal migration, has collapsed. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/02\/27\/the-economic-case-for-mass-migration-has-finally-collapsed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Writing in the Daily Telegraph<\/strong><\/a>, Sam Ashworth-Hayes tells of &#8216;massive surges in investment needed just to keep pace with the influx of new arrivals&#8217; as well as &#8216;increasing conflict between communities with radically different visions of what the country should be.&#8217;\u00a0 The Institute for Fiscal Studies has <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/ifs.org.uk\/articles\/economics-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>done work on this<\/strong><\/a>. (Worth a listen).<\/p>\n<h2>Muslims in our society<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33039\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque-768x838.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque-750x819.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque-600x655.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Atiqul-Hoque.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atiqul Hoque: antisemitic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But even more concerning is the effect of Muslims on our society. Azhar Ali was, is, part of the establishment. Yet he is now exposed as anti-Semitic. But it\u2019s not just Labour.<\/p>\n<p>The Tory Muslim mayor of Salisbury, now expelled from that party, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/02\/15\/tory-mayor-salisbury-atiqul-hoque-expelled-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Atiqul Hoque<\/b><\/a>, blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus. The <a title=\"Opens in a new tab \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2024\/02\/24\/met-cuts-ties-adviser-previously-praised-hamas-founder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Metropolitan Police<\/strong><\/a> had an advisor\u00a0on a strategic advisory body, a prominent mosque chairman, Mohammed Kozbar, who praised the founder of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Muslim Judge, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/02\/15\/judge-hamas-paraglider-protestors-likes-linkedin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Tanweer Ikram<\/b><\/a>, freed three women displaying parachute images at a pro-Palestine protest earlier this month. It has emerged he liked a social media post referring to Israelis as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim doctor <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2023\/10\/09\/nhs-doctor-mocks-israeli-festival-goers-fleeing-hamas-gunmen-and-calls-on-u-k-to-forcibly-remove-entire-israeli-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Mennah Elwan<\/b><\/a>, a neurologist in Liverpool, claimed \u2018there are no civilians in Israel\u2019 shortly after the October attacks. A BBC Muslim Apprentice contestant, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-68303830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Asif Munaf<\/b><\/a>, posted antisemitic comments about Israel. Cricketer <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/59338118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Aseem Rafiq<\/strong><\/a>, who accused Yorkshire Cricket Club of racism, admitted to antisemitic comments. Fellow cricketer <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/oct\/12\/fa-silence-israel-palestine-victims-bans-flags-england-australia-wembley-arch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Moeen Ali<\/strong><\/a>, who plays for England, posted the Hamas flag on Instagram. These are mainstream, moderate Muslims.<\/p>\n<h2>Hatred of Jews paraded<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33040\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Hasidic Jews in London face antisemitism daily.\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews-750x490.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/London-Jews.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hasidic Jews in London face antisemitism daily.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are seeing hatred of Jews paraded on our streets by Muslims, and leftists, on a weekly basis since last October, glorifying the Hamas attacks. Anti-Semitism has hit an all-time high in what is described as an \u2018explosion of hatred\u2019 against British Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Why do Muslims routinely come out with all this antisemitism? It is because genocide of Jews is a Muslim article of faith. The Hadith, part of the Islamic scriptures alongside the Koran, have rocks and trees crying out for Muslims to come and kill Jews hiding behind them. It\u2019s repeated in the Hamas Covenant:<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u2018Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla (servant of Allah), there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.\u2019<\/i><\/b> (Hamas Covenant 1988 Article 7 quoting the Hadith of Ibn Umar.)<\/p>\n<h2>Labour&#8217;s blasphemy law<\/h2>\n<p>Fears are growing that Labour might extend their &#8216;Islamophobia&#8217; policy into a Muslim <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2024\/02\/26\/labours-islamic-blasphemy-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>blasphemy law in woke clothing.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0They adopted a Muslim-designed definition of &#8216;Islamophbia&#8217; in 2019, along with the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists. The <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/labour.org.uk\/resources\/labours-islamophobia-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Party&#8217;s policy on &#8216;Islamophobia&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (worth a look) includes this example of &#8216;prejudice or hostility based on the protected characteristic of Islam&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Accusing Muslims of being a \u201cfifth column\u201d or of lying or acting in \u2018stealth\u2019, and\/or implying a Muslim, or Muslims in general, are inherently antisemitic, homophobic and\/or misogynist.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If their policy became law, it would almost certainly become an offence to quote the antisemitic Hadith above, let alone explain what it means. It would be illegal to talk about Muslim grooming gangs. But there would certainly be a reaction. The Labour Party say they are concerned about &#8216;far-right political groups&#8217;. Yet nothing would set ordinary people against Muslims more than censorship of views about Islam. Christian activists and free-speech advocates will be racing to see who can be the first to challenge such a law.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #1f7f4c; border-top: 9px solid #1F7F4C; border-bottom: 9px solid #1F7F4C; border-right: 18px solid #1F7F4C; border-left: 18px solid #1F7F4C; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/arrange-a-meeting-at-your-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask us to come and speak at your church \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Muslim attitude to women<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33041\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Nine of the Rochdale Grooming Gang were convicted\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Rochdale-Grooming-Gang.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nine of the Rochdale Grooming Gang were convicted<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then there is the attitude of Muslims towards women. Rochdale was where just one of the UK Muslim grooming gangs operated. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/men-rochdale-grooming-tariq-jail-13035428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>News report<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/rochdale-police-investigating-alleged-rape-by-four-boys-in-morrisons-car-park-fear-two-girls-were-attacked-13072075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Sky reports<\/b><\/a> that four boys, aged between 14 and 12, have been arrested on suspicion of the rape of a young girl in a Rochdale supermarket car-park. The police won\u2019t disclose their nationality, let alone their religion. They are under-age, but when the police hide those details we know something is up.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is, our establishment will not acknowledge anything wrong with Islam or any problem from Muslim immigration as such. The mantra that \u2018Islam is a religion of peace\u2019 that \u2018extremists have hijacked for violent ends\u2019 has been going on since the attack on the Twin Towers in September 2001. No-one in the House of Lords will be rocking that boat. The only UK politician <a title=\"Opens in a new tab \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/02\/27\/rochdale-by-election-death-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>who has proposed<\/strong><\/a>: &#8216;a national strategy for defeating Islamism, and eradicating it in public life&#8217;, is Reform&#8217;s Richard Tice.<\/p>\n<h2>State must protect citizens<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33042\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Julian_Thompson_Aldershot_2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Julian_Thompson_Aldershot_2022-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Major General Julian Thompson (RM, Retired)\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Julian_Thompson_Aldershot_2022-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Julian_Thompson_Aldershot_2022-600x805.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Julian_Thompson_Aldershot_2022.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Major General Julian Thompson (RM, Retired)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yet a group of senior retired military officers, led by Major-General Julian Thompson (RM, Retired) have <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2024\/02\/10\/army-challenge-overseas-recruits-security-checks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>written to the Secretary of State for Defence<\/b><\/a> to warn Mr Shapps against a proposal from the Army to dilute security vetting in order to boost representation of ethnic minorities. They say: \u2018With Islamism and other extremism rampant, this is nothing short of dangerous madness.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of sleeper jihadists crossing the Channel was not expressed at all in the House of Lords debates and is never articulated by government. It\u2019s an obvious defence to the human rights argument.<\/p>\n<p>The state has a God-given duty to protect its citizens and every Muslim is a potential threat to national security and for that matter to young girls in care. To our Jewish population, it has become clear that every Muslim is a very real threat. In the book of Romans, we read that rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. The point could easily be made if the elite were not in denial and in thrall to the pretence of \u2018multiculturalism\u2019 and \u2018community cohesion\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Bishops in the Lords<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33044\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Archbishop of Canterbury speaking from the bishops' benches in the House of Lords\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-House-of-Lords-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop of Canterbury speaking from the bishops&#8217; benches in the House of Lords<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bishops in the House of Lords have been at the forefront of wanting to scupper the Rwanda plan. The only reason Bishops are sat in the House of Lords is because this United Kingdom has a Christian constitution. Yet that too will be under threat should Muslims reach a tipping point in the population.<\/p>\n<p>Bishops should know that in Bible times migrants accepted the spiritual foundation of wherever they found themselves. They did not start agitating for another god (and Allah is a different god) if they knew what was good for them.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the serious accusation that the early Christians were preaching \u2018another king, one Jesus\u2019, was levelled against the apostles in Thessalonica. They were smart enough neither to confirm nor deny the point, but the local believers swiftly evacuated Paul and Silas.<\/p>\n<h2>What result in Rochdale?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33045\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-300x158.png\" alt=\"George Galloway in Rochdale\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-750x394.png 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Galloway.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Galloway in Rochdale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We shall see what the Lord will do in the Rochdale by-election on Thursday. The population of the constituency was 19% Muslim in 2021 and that figure is rising. If they all turn out and vote for George Galloway that could be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, much of what George Galloway stands for is on the side of the angels. He is pro-life, anti-woke, sticks up for workers and opposes climate fanaticism.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, it is what particularly endears him to Rochdale\u2019s Muslims and leftists, his opposition to Israel, frankly indistinguishable from blatant antisemitism, which puts him beyond the pale for anyone with a heart for the Jewish people and the state of Israel itself.<\/p>\n<h2>Our leaders ignore the Lord<\/h2>\n<p>As for the United Kingdom, all our problems stem from our leaders ignoring the Lord. That is why they believe in absurdities like gender reassignment, the net zero stupidity, the 2020 lockdown, multiculturalism and diversity before defence, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says in too many places to count that wisdom depends on the fear of the Lord and that there is nothing better than wisdom and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much wrong in our land, but the Lord Jesus said, \u2018seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Let them repent of their arrogance, of their political correctness, of their absurdities, seek the Lord in humility, return this land to our Christian foundation and proclaim, indeed, we should all proclaim, \u2018Jesus Christ is Lord and King to the glory of God the Father.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>Read and Pray<\/h2>\n<p><b>READ<\/b>: 1Chr 22:12; Job 28:28; Psalm 40:10, 111:10; Prov 3:19, 9:10; Isa 11:2, 45:23; Matt 6:33; Acts 17:7-10; Rom 13:3, 14:11; Phil 2:10.<\/p>\n<p><b>PRAY<\/b>: For our leaders to repent and seek the Lord. 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Peers debating illegal migration and Labour disowning a by-election candidate? The connection is 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