Quote: "What has Britain come to when it takes a Muslim like me to defend Christianity?"

Quote: "What has Britain come to when it takes a Muslim like me to defend Christianity?"

Christianity is under siege in this country.


Britain's national religion has never been so marginalised and derided, especially by the public institutions that should be defending it.


The case of nurse Shirley Chaplin, who has been banned by Devon and Exeter NHS Trust from wearing her crucifix while caring for patients, is a graphic illustration of this insidious trend.


Indeed, it is surely an affront to the very concept of religious liberty, which was once regarded as a cornerstone of our democratic, respectful and tolerant nation.


For make no mistake, a new form of virulent secularism is sweeping through society - and its target is Christianity.


I am Muslim. But even as a non-Christian, I can see all too clearly the shameful way in which Britain's national faith is being eroded. Indeed, banning a crucifix makes a mockery of our treasured right to religious freedom.


With a typically bureaucratic mix of arrogance and authoritarianism, the Devon and Exeter Trust has claimed that the ban is not an attack on Christianity because wearing a crucifix is not an essential requirement of the faith.


But who appointed these quangocrats to pronounce on matters of religious doctrine? What right do they have to lecture a devout woman about her cherished beliefs?

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