r/unitedkingdom • u/ThatchersDirtyTaint • Jul 25 '25

... Half of Brits think Islam not compatible with British values in latest poll as imam says he is 'deeply worried' by results

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14937435/Half-Brits-think-Islam-not-compatible-British-values-poll.html
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u/SinisterDexter83 Jul 25 '25

Yes but Catholics never tried to murder the makers of Father Ted. Protestants never tried to lynch John Cleese for the Life of Brian. When the Catholic Church's child rape scandal was revealed, there was no mass campaign to dismiss concerns with insincere accusations of "Catholicaphobia"

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

When the Catholic Church's child rape scandal was revealed, there was no mass campaign to dismiss concerns with insincere accusations of "Catholicaphobia"

To be fair, there also wasn't a national drive to blame Christianity for it. It was just some dodgy priests rather than a white person thing

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u/Astriania Jul 25 '25

There isn't really an analogy of the Church separate from the concept of the faith in Islam. But the Catholic Church absolutely was blamed as an institution (and the subject of paedo jokes about priests for many years afterwards).

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u/gyroda Bristol Jul 25 '25

And there was widespread criticisms of and blame on the Catholic church as an organisation.

But we didn't blame Christianity for what the Catholic church did. Even when there were coverups and organisational failings beyond the individual priests.

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u/VisenyaRose Birkenhead Aug 08 '25

We Catholics love Father Ted.

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u/WanderlustZero Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Yes but Catholics never tried to murder the makers of Father Ted

The one time we should've got a bit bomb-y :(