Nazir-Ali on Islam and immigration from Sydneyanglicans.net on Vimeo.

Bishop Nazir Ali was recently in Sydney where he spoke on the question of how do we as Christians respond to radical Islam and Immigration policies.

On radical Islam,

As Christians we need to love Muslims….just as we are called to love everyone else that includes Muslims. We are also to respect their devotion and piety.

On Immigration Policies,

We need to take into account of the social situation and we need to ask what sort of immigrants a country needs not just in terms of technical or economical skills, but also of their propensity for integration, their acceptance of where Western countries have come from in terms of the basis that many have in their lives of the Judeo-Christian tradition, some subscription to a common view of citizenship, some acknowledging of common core values so that we can live in an integrated and cohesive society….