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21st July 2008, 04:52 PM
For those interested.
In the current climate he needs to be exposed even more, things have gone quiet on him.
It is the Fundamentalist and Extremist Christian-Zionist, Reverend Dr. Alan C. Clifford, Pastor of the Norwich Reformed Church (http://www.nrchurch.co.nr/) in Eaton.
Supports the BNP:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/003037.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/002765.php
http://simondarby.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/08/wilders-enough-is-enough.html#comment-883336488370974003
His Churches anti-Islam section: http://nrchurch.axspace.com/islam.html
The below letter of his recently appeared in the Shropshire Star. I will scan it shortly.
Can Islam Distance Itself From Violence
‘As a Christian minister in Norwich, I am gravely concerned at the deceptive and misleading information you published about Islam (Concrete, May 18). If the UEA Islam Society is trying to create a ‘new perception’ of Islam, will its members distance themselves from the intolerance and violence clearly sanctioned by the Qur'an and reinforced in the Hadith against Jews, Christians and others? The intention to ‘forge a culture of tolerance in a world that is quick to judge’ is welcome. However, such a democratic attitude is not consistent with Muhammad’s teaching. Indeed, the Saudi Ambassador made it clear last year that democracy and Islam do not mix. .
‘Furthermore, what about religious freedom, a basic feature of Western democracy? Are Muslims free to embrace a different religion if that is their choice? The answer is ‘No’. I am in receipt of a letter from an ex-Muslim lady who lives in secrecy here in the UK for fear of her life. The subjugation of women is another unwelcome feature of Islam, clearly and unambiguously taught in the Qur'an. Lastly, does the UEA Islam Society intend to urge Islamic governments to grant freedom to Christians, the very freedom Muslims expect here in the UK? I ask this in view of almost-daily reports of Christians being butchered for their faith by Muslims.
‘You will clearly see that my objections to Islam are not the ill-informed ‘quick-to-judge’ response identified in your article. Indeed, I make other very serious criticisms of Islam on our church website (www.geocities.com/nrchurch). Until the UEA Society and others face up to these criticisms, they cannot be surprised if the ‘old perception’ of Islam persists. The question is: can Islam really alter its image without repudiating the Qu’ranic basis of all it stands for?’
The Reverend Dr Alan C Clifford
Pastor, Norwich Reformed Church
Christianity, Islam and British Politics
[I]A lecture given at the UK Conservatism Conference
Oxford Brookes University
Dr Alan C. Clifford
BA, MLitt, PhD
A glut of highly significant secular and religious autumn anniversaries provides a stimulating context for my subject. Using more broadly the now-universal convention of identifying momentous events like New York’s ‘9/11’, Madrid’s ‘3/11’ and London’s ‘7/7’, I cite first some famous secular examples from more distant history. First, we may recall ‘10/14’, the Battle of Hastings, the last of four major invasions of the British Isles in a millennium by ‘Europeans’ - 1066 and all that, of course! Then, more positively in this bicentenary year, there’s ‘10/21’ when ‘Europe’ was on the receiving end of Lord Nelson’s decisive broadsides at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Not until 1940 was this country seriously threatened again by a foreign power. I pass by ‘10/25’ in 1415. Agincourt, Henry V and the savage nationalism of the Hundred Years War warrant national shame rather than pride. Indeed, driven by the power-hungry Plantagenets, the whole era has something of an ‘Iraq War whiff’ about it! Another noted ‘10/25’ was of course the distant Crimean Battle of Balaclava in 1854. Inglorious for the British High Command, the heroism of ‘the six hundred’ is justly celebrated. Stepping into November, and closer to home, we rightly remember annually the enormous costly sacrifice represented by ‘11/11’, the Armistice of 1918, when the four-year horror of the First World War came to an end.
Turning to religious anniversaries of great national significance, ‘10/16’ should also be recalled, especially in this university city of Oxford. Indeed, looking back 450 years to the Protestant Reformation, both Oxford and the Nation should honour (among nearly three-hundred others in the reign of Bloody Mary) the heroic martyrdom of two bishops of the Reformed Church of England, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley in 1555. William Shakespeare never bettered Latimer’s words spoken to Ridley shortly before they were both burned at the stake: “BE OF GOOD COMFORT, MASTER RIDLEY, AND PLAY THE MAN; WE SHALL THIS DAY LIGHT SUCH A CANDLE, BY GOD’S GRACE, IN ENGLAND, AS I TRUST SHALL NEVER BE PUT OUT.”
Central to the Continental Reformation struggle, the French tragedy of ‘10/17’ - representing an era of persecution lasting three centuries - had a definite British impact too. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685 sent Huguenot refugees all over Europe and beyond. To the severe detriment of France, a loss she still suffers to this very day, the French Reformed Protestants not only reinforced the Protestant ethos of this country. Their economic, technological, cultural and military expertise made them welcome immigrants indeed. October ends with ‘10/31’, the anniversary of Martin Luther’s protest against Roman Catholic superstition, idolatry, corruption and tyranny in 1517, a German ‘explosion’ which brought light and eventual liberty to much of Europe including Great Britain. Surely, without Luther, Latimer and Ridley would never have lit the candle of pure Christian truth in England. Last, I cite an event with decidedly secular and sacred significance - the Gunpowder Plot. Indeed, the wonderful deliverance of ‘11/5’ should never ‘be forgot’, especially in this quatercentenary year. Luther’s liberating work of the previous century might have been undone in a flash on that awesome day in 1605 if the Vatican’s Jesuit-inspired terrorists had been successful. MORE (http://www.takeheed.net/CliffordConservativelecture.htm).
In the current climate he needs to be exposed even more, things have gone quiet on him.
It is the Fundamentalist and Extremist Christian-Zionist, Reverend Dr. Alan C. Clifford, Pastor of the Norwich Reformed Church (http://www.nrchurch.co.nr/) in Eaton.
Supports the BNP:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/003037.php
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/002765.php
http://simondarby.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/08/wilders-enough-is-enough.html#comment-883336488370974003
His Churches anti-Islam section: http://nrchurch.axspace.com/islam.html
The below letter of his recently appeared in the Shropshire Star. I will scan it shortly.
Can Islam Distance Itself From Violence
‘As a Christian minister in Norwich, I am gravely concerned at the deceptive and misleading information you published about Islam (Concrete, May 18). If the UEA Islam Society is trying to create a ‘new perception’ of Islam, will its members distance themselves from the intolerance and violence clearly sanctioned by the Qur'an and reinforced in the Hadith against Jews, Christians and others? The intention to ‘forge a culture of tolerance in a world that is quick to judge’ is welcome. However, such a democratic attitude is not consistent with Muhammad’s teaching. Indeed, the Saudi Ambassador made it clear last year that democracy and Islam do not mix. .
‘Furthermore, what about religious freedom, a basic feature of Western democracy? Are Muslims free to embrace a different religion if that is their choice? The answer is ‘No’. I am in receipt of a letter from an ex-Muslim lady who lives in secrecy here in the UK for fear of her life. The subjugation of women is another unwelcome feature of Islam, clearly and unambiguously taught in the Qur'an. Lastly, does the UEA Islam Society intend to urge Islamic governments to grant freedom to Christians, the very freedom Muslims expect here in the UK? I ask this in view of almost-daily reports of Christians being butchered for their faith by Muslims.
‘You will clearly see that my objections to Islam are not the ill-informed ‘quick-to-judge’ response identified in your article. Indeed, I make other very serious criticisms of Islam on our church website (www.geocities.com/nrchurch). Until the UEA Society and others face up to these criticisms, they cannot be surprised if the ‘old perception’ of Islam persists. The question is: can Islam really alter its image without repudiating the Qu’ranic basis of all it stands for?’
The Reverend Dr Alan C Clifford
Pastor, Norwich Reformed Church
Christianity, Islam and British Politics
[I]A lecture given at the UK Conservatism Conference
Oxford Brookes University
Dr Alan C. Clifford
BA, MLitt, PhD
A glut of highly significant secular and religious autumn anniversaries provides a stimulating context for my subject. Using more broadly the now-universal convention of identifying momentous events like New York’s ‘9/11’, Madrid’s ‘3/11’ and London’s ‘7/7’, I cite first some famous secular examples from more distant history. First, we may recall ‘10/14’, the Battle of Hastings, the last of four major invasions of the British Isles in a millennium by ‘Europeans’ - 1066 and all that, of course! Then, more positively in this bicentenary year, there’s ‘10/21’ when ‘Europe’ was on the receiving end of Lord Nelson’s decisive broadsides at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Not until 1940 was this country seriously threatened again by a foreign power. I pass by ‘10/25’ in 1415. Agincourt, Henry V and the savage nationalism of the Hundred Years War warrant national shame rather than pride. Indeed, driven by the power-hungry Plantagenets, the whole era has something of an ‘Iraq War whiff’ about it! Another noted ‘10/25’ was of course the distant Crimean Battle of Balaclava in 1854. Inglorious for the British High Command, the heroism of ‘the six hundred’ is justly celebrated. Stepping into November, and closer to home, we rightly remember annually the enormous costly sacrifice represented by ‘11/11’, the Armistice of 1918, when the four-year horror of the First World War came to an end.
Turning to religious anniversaries of great national significance, ‘10/16’ should also be recalled, especially in this university city of Oxford. Indeed, looking back 450 years to the Protestant Reformation, both Oxford and the Nation should honour (among nearly three-hundred others in the reign of Bloody Mary) the heroic martyrdom of two bishops of the Reformed Church of England, Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley in 1555. William Shakespeare never bettered Latimer’s words spoken to Ridley shortly before they were both burned at the stake: “BE OF GOOD COMFORT, MASTER RIDLEY, AND PLAY THE MAN; WE SHALL THIS DAY LIGHT SUCH A CANDLE, BY GOD’S GRACE, IN ENGLAND, AS I TRUST SHALL NEVER BE PUT OUT.”
Central to the Continental Reformation struggle, the French tragedy of ‘10/17’ - representing an era of persecution lasting three centuries - had a definite British impact too. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685 sent Huguenot refugees all over Europe and beyond. To the severe detriment of France, a loss she still suffers to this very day, the French Reformed Protestants not only reinforced the Protestant ethos of this country. Their economic, technological, cultural and military expertise made them welcome immigrants indeed. October ends with ‘10/31’, the anniversary of Martin Luther’s protest against Roman Catholic superstition, idolatry, corruption and tyranny in 1517, a German ‘explosion’ which brought light and eventual liberty to much of Europe including Great Britain. Surely, without Luther, Latimer and Ridley would never have lit the candle of pure Christian truth in England. Last, I cite an event with decidedly secular and sacred significance - the Gunpowder Plot. Indeed, the wonderful deliverance of ‘11/5’ should never ‘be forgot’, especially in this quatercentenary year. Luther’s liberating work of the previous century might have been undone in a flash on that awesome day in 1605 if the Vatican’s Jesuit-inspired terrorists had been successful. MORE (http://www.takeheed.net/CliffordConservativelecture.htm).