بريطانيا: تأثير المجلس الإسلامي على المجتمع أكثر من أسقف الكنيسة

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكدت إحدى الدراسات الصادر عن جمعية "هنري جاكسون" البريطانية - تدني تأثير الكنيسة الإنجيلية على المجتمع، في الوقت الذي ترتفع فيه أسهم تأثير المجلس الإسلامي بالمجتمع، بالرغم من تأكيد "حنا ستيوارت" - كاتب التقرير - على تأكيد البريطانيين النصارى على أهمية الدين في حياتهم.

وقد أشارت الدراسة التي رصدت الخطاب الديني والتغطية الإعلامية حول الجماعات الدينية خلال العام الماضي - إلى أن النصارى لا يزالون يشكلون 67% من الخطاب الديني الممارس في "بريطانيا"، بالرغم من انخفاض تعريف المواطنين لأنفسهم بالهوية النصرانية بنسبة 13% لتبلغ 59%، هذا إضافة إلى أن المجلس الإسلامي قد أصدر 410 خطاب يعالج القضايا المجتمعية، في الوقت الذي لم يصدر فيه أسقف "كنتربري" سوى 393 خطابًا؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslim Council has 'more of a voice' than Archbishop of Canterbury

The Muslim Council of Britain has a more prominent role in public debate than the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to a study.

The decline of the Anglican Church as the country’s main religious voice is confirmed by findings from the Henry Jackson Society.

The study, which monitored statements by religious gr

oups and media coverage of religion over the past decade, also found that the Roman Catholic Church had a more prominent role in public debate about religious issues than the Church of England.

Catholics focused heavily on pro-life issues and personal morality. Statements made by the C of E, in contrast, were more likely to be about overseas aid, foreign policy and poverty.

The findings come after figures from the 2011 census showed a 13 percentage-point drop in people identifying themselves as Christian, from 72 to 59 per cent.

About one in four was identified as having no religion, a rise of nine per cent and the second largest group. Yet despite the decline in Christian belief, the number of religious statements — across all faiths - increased as religions became more assertive.

“Even if religion has become less popular, that does not mean it has become increasingly silent,” said Hannah Stuart, the co-author of the report, which will be published this week.

“We have seen religions become more vocal in apparent reaction to their belief that religion is being sidelined in British life.”

Christians still dominated the debate overall, taking part in two thirds, 67 per cent, of all religious statements.

Muslims accounted for 31 per cent, which was out of proportion to their representation in the population as a whole – just under 5 per cent – in 2011.

The Muslim Council of Britain, which calls itself the “representative body” of British Muslims, was involved in 410 of the statements, ahead of the Archbishop of Canterbury on 393.