Religion to become 'extinct'

The 2011 census forms are due for completion on 27 March. Included is the voluntary question, 'What is your religion?' giving eight options including 'No religion' and 'Any other.....'. In addition to English and Welsh forms, translations are available in 56 languages which should lead to some interesting answers. In 2001 'Jedi' was the talking point but this time the emphasis is on persuading people with no religious belief to indicate 'No religion' rather than ignore the question.

To coincide with the census, a poll commissioned by the British Humanist Association suggests that two-thirds of Britons are not religious. This comes on top of another report that suggests religion may become extinct in nine nations.

The 'nine nations' referred to were Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland, countries in which the census queried religious affiliation. The implication that Christianity is on the wane appears to be confirmed. For Humanists that may be welcome news but the religious vacuum increases the risk ofcultural jihad.

The BBC has been doing its best to achieve the extinction of Christianity for some time. After theappointment of a Muslim as Head of Religion and Ethics, previously held by an agnostic, we are offered programmes such as the "Bible's buried secrets" presented by a senior lecturer from the Islam indebtedExeter University pondering such questions as the existence of King David and whether God had a wife. Given that Islam regards Jews and Christians as inferior and little better than heathens perhaps such propaganda is to be expected:

The treatment of non-Muslims is also carefully

spelled out in classical Islamic teaching. Pagans are

to be fought until they convert to Islam, but Jews

and Christians (known as the People of the Book)

are permitted to practise their faith within the

Islamic state. This is however conditional on them

conforming to various demeaning regulations

designed to reinforce their lowly dhimma status in

comparison with Muslims. One particular condition

imposed on them was the payment of a special

poll-tax called the jizya. Like women, they receive

less compensation and their testimony carries less

weight than that of a Muslim man.

'What is Islam'The Barnabas Fund

Some religions may become extinct but that only increases the danger of Islamisation, then where will we be!