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Name: Peter Hitchens
Occupation: Journalist
Country: UK
Total Questions: 8
Total Answers: 5

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TimHood asked Peter Hitchens: "There are several different sects, as well as diverse ethnic, tribal and socio-economic groups among the UK's muslim population- do you think the complex issue of integration is properly understood by..." Show more »"There are several different sects, as well as diverse ethnic, tribal and socio-economic groups among the UK's muslim population- do you think the complex issue of integration is properly understood by Mail on Sunday readers?" Show less »
Peter Hitchens answers: "I wouldn't presume to judge the knowledge or understanding of Mail on Sunday readers in general. They certainly get quite a lot of information about Islam ( including, though I say it myself, my own reports..." Show more»" I wouldn't presume to judge the knowledge or understanding of Mail on Sunday readers in general. They certainly get quite a lot of information about Islam ( including, though I say it myself, my own reports from the Pennine towns, from Arab countries, from Iran and from the Dar ul Uloom at Deoband). Is the issue of integration so complex? I think it is quite straightforward myself. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 23 2007 10:13:52 PM
TimHood asked Peter Hitchens: "Peter, you have been described as a conservative traditionalist- would you care to speculate on the common ground you share with many conservative traditionalist muslims in the UK? Do you see them as ..." Show more »"Peter, you have been described as a conservative traditionalist- would you care to speculate on the common ground you share with many conservative traditionalist muslims in the UK? Do you see them as natural allies in your campaign to return to a more moral, less PC Britain?" Show less »
Peter Hitchens answers: "There is no doubt that I do share this ground, and it is always a pleasure to speak to Muslim audiences because we can assume from the beginning that we have a number of important beliefs in common. ..." Show more»" There is no doubt that I do share this ground, and it is always a pleasure to speak to Muslim audiences because we can assume from the beginning that we have a number of important beliefs in common. However, it would be foolish to pretend that there are not important differences between conservative Christianity and conservative Islam, not least the differing attitudes to the nature of law, to pluralism and to tolerance. I am not sure what a 'natural ally' is, or how he differs from any other kind of ally. I certainly do see all people of faith, who acknowledge the sovereignty of God, as being allies on many subjects. But alliances, as history shows, are restricted to the shared purposes of the allies at the time. I seek a Christian remoralisation of what I regard as a Christian country, with laws and customs based upon Christianity. If Muslims are happy to support that ( and actually I believe many are) then I am more than glad of their support. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 21 2007 5:46:18 AM
TJH123 asked Peter Hitchens: "Is Yob culture a characteristic of what is sometimes referred to as the 'white underclass' or does it cut across races, and do you think we have something to learn from the way Muslim families bring up..." Show more »"Is Yob culture a characteristic of what is sometimes referred to as the 'white underclass' or does it cut across races, and do you think we have something to learn from the way Muslim families bring up their children? " Show less »
Peter Hitchens answers: "I suspect that many Muslim parents are distressed by the pressure on their young from our amoral culture . I have the impression that Muslims are by no means immune from it. Islam is of course not a race,..." Show more»" I suspect that many Muslim parents are distressed by the pressure on their young from our amoral culture . I have the impression that Muslims are by no means immune from it. Islam is of course not a race, but a religion. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 23 2007 10:16:46 PM
rtatoud asked Peter Hitchens: "Who and what do you think Gordon Brown had in mind when at the TUC conference this week he proposed to make it harder for migrants to come and work in Britain by requesting a better knowledge of English,..." Show more »"Who and what do you think Gordon Brown had in mind when at the TUC conference this week he proposed to make it harder for migrants to come and work in Britain by requesting a better knowledge of English, a measure not targetting EU citizens?" Show less »
Peter Hitchens answers: "I think he had the opinion polls in mind, and the need to appear to be doing something about levels of immigration many Labour voters find worrying. Since EU citizens, and future EU citizens are the main..." Show more»" I think he had the opinion polls in mind, and the need to appear to be doing something about levels of immigration many Labour voters find worrying. Since EU citizens, and future EU citizens are the main component of our present and expected immigration, such pledges have little meaning. "Show less«
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1 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 21 2007 7:04:55 AM
Londontowner asked Peter Hitchens: "You have called for a moral renewal led by a 21st century John Wesley- surely the only real moral force in the UK is now centred around either Islam or Catholicism?"
Peter Hitchens answers: "Wesley started life as a High Church Anglican, a very long way from the form of religion he inspired. I have no idea where his much needed successors will come from. The Church of England is in a pretty..." Show more»" Wesley started life as a High Church Anglican, a very long way from the form of religion he inspired. I have no idea where his much needed successors will come from. The Church of England is in a pretty bad way, but so, as far as I can see, is the Roman Catholic Church in Britain. The only successful Christian churches seem to be of the ultra-evangelical, happy-clappy kind, and their appeal seems limited to me. I do not wish to be sectarian about it, and would welcome the appearance of someone with the intellectual integrity and moral force of Wesley from practically any direction. But I think that Britain would become a very different sort of society if the religious revival came from Islam. Those who wish to preserve many important characteristics of this country, and who also wish for remoralisation ( a number which I think will grow as social decay deepens), should at least consider if they ought to consider their fashionable rejection of Christianity. If they don't, then they should not be surprised if Islam takes this role. By driving Christianity out of the public square, English atheism has not destroyed religion. A Muslim Britain, as the unintended consequence of the secularist war on Christianity, would be a pretty spectacular example of the Unintended Consequence. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Politics | Email to friends | Sep 21 2007 7:26:32 AM