The former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Mail on Sunday: “Clearly extremist is a backdrop to anything that any public figures say at this time. “No one in this country should have to feel fear and anxiety as they try peacefully to live, pray and worship in their faith tradition.”
The Queen’s Christmas speech is set to deliver her most Christian message yet, after a year of Isil jihadist attacks.
Sources say the monarch will use her traditional annual speech to reflect on her personal faith as well as her belief in the continuing role of Christianity at the centre of British life.
Her words are expected to be particularly significant following a year of terrorist attacks by ISIL.
The former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Mail on Sunday: “Clearly extremist is a backdrop to anything that any public figures say at this time.
“No one in this country should have to feel fear and anxiety as they try peacefully to live, pray and worship in their faith tradition.”
Archbishop of Canterbury
“If people in this country gave greater heed to what the Queen says about the importance of Christianity in our personal as well as our national life, then we would be in a better place to confront it.
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