Extracts from Commons debate on Persecution of Christians - Feb 6
Friday, 7 February 2020 08:40
Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (Lab):...Whether it is the Jews
in Portland Oregon, Muslims in Myanmar and New Zealand or
Christians in Nigeria and Pakistan, we all believe that an attack
on people of any faith is an attack on people of all faiths. I am
sure that that will be the consensus we reach at the end of this
debate. However, we must never mistake the consensus that we
establish in this House for attitudes in our country as a whole. As
much as we might reassure ourselves that...Request free trial
(Leeds North East)
(Lab):...Whether it is the Jews in Portland Oregon, Muslims in
Myanmar and New Zealand or Christians in Nigeria and Pakistan, we
all believe that an attack on people of any faith is an attack on
people of all faiths. I am sure that that will be the consensus we
reach at the end of this debate. However, we must never mistake the
consensus that we establish in this House for attitudes in our
country as a whole. As much as we might reassure ourselves that
Britain is a tolerant society where such prejudice and attacks do
not occur, we know, sadly, that that is utterly wrong, whether it
is the terrible scourge of antisemitism,
which poisons online debate and forces the Jewish community in this
country to post guards around synagogues and Jewish schools; the
appalling rise in Islamophobia and attacks on our Muslim population
in recent years, unfortunately whipped up by the comments of some
politicians and media commentators; or, indeed, the attacks by
sick-minded Jihadists with bombs, guns, vehicles and knives on
innocent crowds of people in our country who they have dubbed as
unbelievers or kafirs. This is an issue we know we have to confront
domestically...
(South West Bedfordshire)
(Con):...However, as other Members have done, it is right that we
focus briefly on the other 20% as well. It is a huge slight to this
country that there are record levels of antisemitism here in the UK,
but we are not alone, as this has increased by some 27% in
France...
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