“People Aren’t Doing Much To DEFEND Christianity In The UK!“ | Rafe Heydel-Mankoo On British Riots

The Archbishop of Canterbury has labelled the far-right “unchristian” and condemned the use of Christian imagery in the riots as “an offence to our faith”. Justin Welby made the remarks condemning the violent unrest, which he described as “racist”, “anti-Muslim, anti-refugee”, in an article for the Guardian newspaper. The country’s most senior Christian leader weighed in following a week of disorder that began after a mass stabbing of children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July. Rioters attacked police, mosques, shops, and a hotel housing asylum seekers after incorrect rumours that the suspect in the stabbings was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK on a small boat were spread via social media, appearing to fuel the unrest. Rafe Heydel-Mankoo says people “aren’t doing much to defend Christianity“ in Britain, as the Archbishop of Canterbury says far-right groups are ’unchristian’. “We have people wanting to replicate their