Reform UK councillors try to end Islamic prayers before council meetings
Britain’s National Secular Society is a bunch of communists who want to eradicate religion altogether, and are resolutely unable to see the threat of Islam, jihad, and Sharia as any greater than that of the alleged “Christian nationalism.” Britain actually has an established Christian religion, but its established Church has abandoned Christianity, and the king is abandoning the establishment of that religion, and those who fight against Islamization are expected to discard Christianity as well, and so the non-Muslim forces will tear each other apart while the Muslims steadily advance toward total power and control in British society. Reform simply doesn’t want Islamic prayers beginning council meetings in what is ostensibly a Christian country, but while other countries can take great pains to establish their national identity, in the West, to do so is “racist.”
Reform UK councillors try to end Islamic prayers before meetings
National Secular Society, June 26, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Reform UK councillors have attempted to end prayers before meetings at Bolton Council – despite Reform introducing Christian prayers at other councils.
At a council meeting on Wednesday, Reform group leader Cllr Trevor Jones moved a motion to “review the practice of including prayers as part of the formal proceedings of Full Council meetings”.
Labour-run Bolton Council holds prayers according to the religion of the chaplain appointed by the mayor. The current mayor Mohammed Iqbal is Muslim and the prayers recited at meetings are Islamic. The chaplains of past mayors have also recited Christian and Hindu prayers.
The motion was defeated, with several councillors pointing out the inconsistency that Reform councillors elsewhere have recently introduced Christian prayers as part of their councils’ meeting agendas.
Reform councillors also recently objected to Islamic prayers said in Arabic at Birmingham City Council.
Reform UK group leader: “We want to keep religion separate”
In the agenda, Cllr Jones said the motion “is not directed towards any individual, any faith group, or any religious tradition” and his concerns “relate solely to the role of the Council as a public authority representing the whole community”.
He said “we serve residents from a wide range of backgrounds” and that in such a “diverse society”, it is “increasingly difficult for any single religious observance to reflect the convictions of all Councillors and residents”.
He added: “whilst faith undoubtedly plays an important role in the lives of many people, I believe there is an important distinction between individual religious practice and the formal conduct of council business”.
Therefore, “the formal proceedings of the Council should be conducted in a manner that is religiously neutral,” he said.
The motion called on the council to consider replacing prayers “with a short period of silent reflection” or moving “any prayers or religious observance to a voluntary session immediately prior to the formal commencement of Council meetings”.
Wednesday’s meeting began with an Islamic prayer from the mayor’s chaplain, beginning with “Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem, in the name of Lord God Allah, the most merciful, the most kind, master of the Day of Judgement, you alone we worship and you alone we ask for help”.
Reform councillors were not present for the prayers and only entered after they finished….
Syria: Christian mayor who defended his town from the Islamic State is imprisoned
Does this have anything to do with the fact that Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a long history as a jihadi? Will Trump, who has professed his tremendous admiration for al-Sharaa, pressure his friend to release Suleiman Khalil? Or might that harm the relationship between the U.S. and its Syrian jihadi proteges?
Coalition Asks U.S. to Intervene in Case of Syrian Christian
by Bella Agnello, International Christian Concern, July 2, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Advocacy groups recently wrote Thomas Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye and Envoy to Syria and Iraq, asking the U.S. to intervene in the detention of a Syrian Christian.
The letter, sent on June 25, was penned by In Defense of Christians (IDC) and co-signed by leaders from Christians Solidarity International (CSI); International Religious Freedom Summit (IRF); Institute for Global Engagement (IGE); Shai Fund; American Syriac Union (ASU); and Alawite Association of the United States (AAUS).
Suleiman Khalil is the former mayor of Sadad, one of the world’s oldest Christian towns. On Feb. 8, forces belonging to the Syrian Transitional Government arrested Khalil at his home and have held him without formal charges, a right to a lawyer, medical care, and access to biblical resources. His family has been left without communication as to the state of his health, leaving them to believe that he is being tortured….
During the Syrian Civil War in 2015, the Islamic State group (ISIS) attacked Sadad. Khalil organized strong defenses for his town and prevented the terrorist group from killing and kidnapping residents — as they did in al-Qaryatayn, a neighboring Christian town.
“Mr. Khalil’s actions in defending his town against ISIS should be celebrated by all Syrians, especially the new government, which has officially joined the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS,” the letter said. “Instead, Syria’s government appears to be punishing him for it.”
Holding Khalil is not an individual issue — the coalition argued that the government is sending a message to other Christians in the country, saying, “You have no future here.”
IDC’s executive director, Richard Ghazal, spoke individually on the matter.
“The detention of Suleiman Khalil is not simply about an individual,” Ghazal said. “Mr. Khalil risked his life defending his community against ISIS. This moment stands as a test of whether Syria’s new government intends to protect those who defended their communities against the Islamist terror group, and whether Christians can have confidence in their future in Syria.”…
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