Prison bans chapel crucifix to avoid offending Muslims

by Infidelesto on December 16, 2008 · View Comments

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Gotta love the religion of multiculturalism that’s infected Europe…

Daily Mail

A prison’s new chapel will not contain a crucifix to avoid offending Muslim inmates, it emerged today.

Bosses at HMP Lewes have been told the traditional Christian symbol, featuring Jesus nailed to a cross, must not be used in the Grade-II listed Victorian jail’s ‘multi-faith space’.

The room – part of a £1million new block – has been split in two, with one half featuring heated foot baths so Muslim worshippers can wash their feet before prayer.

But the other side, dedicated to Christian prayer, contains just a simple wooden cross and portable alter – both of which can be removed if necessary.

According the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), the traditional Christian crucifix was erased from the chapel’s blueprints after discussion with a Muslim imam.

Amanda Hamblin, chairman of the IMB, said: ‘We see this as a vastly improved facility and very much welcome the fact that the prison has an imam.

‘It is key that everyone will have access to a decent place of worship whether they are Muslims, Christians or any other faith.

‘The significant thing about this is that the facilities were very poor before.

‘Now they have been set up with a lot of consultation and thought given to how to make it fit for purpose, fit for access and fit for the religious needs of our prisoners, whatever those may be.’

A source at Lewes Prison, which houses 668 convicts, said he was not surprised by the decision to ‘drop Jesus’ from show.

He added: ‘This is typical. On one side of the room there are heated foot baths for the Muslim inmates, but on the other side there is this silly little movable alter that can be hidden away at a moment’s notice.

‘And there is just a wooden cross, not a crucifix showing the suffering Jesus went through, because those in power thought it might offend the Muslims.’

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  • Greg

    Europe is full of white cowards. And its governments are Cowards leading cowards.

  • dobus

    Britain should go down soon, and without a whimper- Heated foot-baths, indeed!- If the image of our lord and savior is so offensive to these pukes, don't bother sentencing them- Kill them where they stand and be glad of it- They waiting to do the same to you- Castrate them, deport them, euthanize them- They want YOU DEAD and they're not giving up

  • Storm-Rider

    Multicultural leftists, i.e.: Marxists, are in alliance with Islam because they both hate Jesus and the Biblical God. Don't ever forget, Marxism is a religion; they worship the elitist secular Socialist State, i.e.: themselves.

  • Storm-Rider

    By the way, Multiculturalism is 21st Century Marxism; and it is a religion.

    http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2125/print

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Kal_El Kal_El

    Agreed. It is the repackaged product we used to call communism. Take from the few who produce/create/contribute and give to those who sit on each other's thumbs.

  • http://www.mosquewatch.blogspot.com Jeff

    "Europe is full of white cowards."

    I'm an American, never scared, HAVE A VIEW..

    http://mosquewatch.blogspot.com/2008/12/where-i-s…

  • Storm-Rider

    Europe is full of Marxists who have chosen to ally themselves with Islamists instead of with their own people. Secular Marxists in alliance with religious Islamists – write that on the chalk board 100 times.

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