{"id":4634,"date":"2006-11-14T10:49:21","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/a-cofe-bishop-speaks.html"},"modified":"2006-11-14T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:49:21","slug":"a-cofe-bishop-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/11\/a-cofe-bishop-speaks.html","title":{"rendered":"A CofE bishop speaks.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has accused the BBC of bias against Christianity and says the broadcaster fears a terrorist backlash if it is critical of Islam.<\/p>\n

The archbishop, the second most senior figure in the Church of England’s hierarchy, said Christians took "more knocks" than other faiths at the hands of the BBC.<\/p>\n

"They can do to us what they dare not do to the Muslims," he said. "We are fair game because they can get away with it. We don’t go down there and say, ‘We are going to bomb your place.’ That is not in our nature."<\/p>\n

The Ugandan-born archbishop nevertheless said Christians must be more forceful in promoting their beliefs.<\/p>\n

Blaming the "chattering classes" for undermining trad-itional Christian culture, he said: "They see themselves as holding the flag for Britain and that Britain is definitely secular and atheist. I want them to have their say but not to lord it over the rest of us."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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