Church of England Accuses Government of Favoring Muslims Over Christians

And, they're probably right:

The policies of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have helped to generate a spiritual, civic and economic crisis in Britain, according to an important Church of England report.

Labour is failing society and lacks the vision to restore a sense of British identity, the report says in the Church’s strongest attack on the Government for decades. It accuses the Government of “deep religious illiteracy” and of having “no convincing moral direction”.

The report, commissioned for the Church of England and to be published on Monday, accuses the Government of discriminating against the Christian Churches in favour of other faiths, including Islam. It calls for the appointment of a “Minister for Religion”, who would act as the Prime Minister’s personal “faith envoy” and who would recognise the contribution of faith communities to Britain across every government department.

The 180-page report, seen by The Times,describes the Government as moral, but lacking a “compass” and reflects an attempt by the Church to carve out an effective role for itself in the 21st century as a provider of welfare for young and old.

The report was commissioned by the Bishop of Hulme, the Right Rev Stephen Lowe, Bishop for Urban Life and Health, with the support of the archbishops of Canterbury and York, Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu.

The report comes only days after Dr Sentamu accused Mr Brown of sacrificing liberty for misguided notions of equality and of betraying new Labour’s mantra of “rights and responsibilities”. It shows the extent to which church leaders feel betrayed by the Government’s embrace of a secular agenda.

The authors find evidence of deep-seated hostility to the Church in particular, excluding it from important areas of policy and research – despite Mr Blair being one of the most devout prime ministers of the past century. They portray a Government committed to research into Muslim communities but barely interested in Christian involvement in Britain’s civic and charitable life.

Britain has been in a slide toward Sharia law for some time, and the government has been so desperate to avoid offending the Muslim minority that it has nearly shunned the Christians. All throughout Europe Christianity it taking a beating as fewer and fewer Europeans want to have anything to do with the Christian church, and more and more Muslims flood in. There's a war for liberty going on and so far most European governments are surrendering without a fight.

It looks like there might still be a little bit of fight left in the Church of England, but without recognition on the part of the government to the gravity of the problem, the decline in western culture and the freedoms contained therein will continue. All you have to do is look at the travesty of a human rights trial going on in Canada to see where other western countries will end up if they don't fight for their freedom from an oppressive religious government.