Thread: British buses to get slogans proclaiming Allah

-Buses across the country are to carry a slogan praising Allah – just months after cinemas banned an advert featuring the Lord's Prayer.

Hundreds of buses will carry posters bearing the words 'Subhan Allah', which means 'Glory be to God' in Arabic, for an ad campaign paid for by the charity Islamic Relief.

The posters will appear in London, Manchester, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford, which have large Muslim communities.

It has been timed to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan in June, when Muslims traditionally fast and give to charity.

But last night, Christian groups asked why the Islamic adverts had been approved when a one-minute film by the Church of England was banned by Britain's biggest cinema chains at Christmas.

Odeon, Cineworld and Vue refused to show an advert featuring the Archbishop of Canterbury and members of the public reciting the Lord's Prayer. They banned the advertisement – which was due to be screened before the new Star Wars film in December – fearing it could offend movie-goers.

Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute, said he hoped the Allah advert 'signals the beginning of a new era of greater expressions of the Christian faith, which seems to have become persona non grata'.

He added: 'People were surprised by the cinema advertising agenda to ban the Lord's Prayer – something we all grew up with.

'Audiences are capable of hearing expressions of Christian faith without running away screaming in horror.'

Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe said: 'If other religions are allowed to put their religious banners up, then so should Christians.'

Andrea Williams, director of Christian Concern, said the decision to allow the Allah advert whilst banning Christian ones highlighted the power of political correctness.

She added: 'Britain is a Christian country and we Christians need to find our voice.

'If we are allowing these adverts for Islam, then we need to give the Christians far more freedom to express themselves.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-victims.html

SHOCK! Said no one.

The oppressed, brown-skinned Muslims, dominated by empires of the latter years, deserve and need more freedom than Christians, see? That is the way the left thinks.

The mention of Allah doesnt challenge people spiritually, it isnt a stumbling block to them.