A government report revealed that about 74% of adults in England and Wales regard themselves as Christians. Another approximately 6% identify with another religion. But only about 7% of Christians in the UK actually attend church regularly. Hanne Stinson, director of the British Humanist Association, said that many adults are "cultural Christians." They see themselves as being Christian in the same way that they are British, almost in a tribal way. She said: "People label themselves with what they were brought up with...If they haven't gone to church for 20 years, they still put themselves down on official forms as 'Church of England'."
Christianity in England is becoming what Judaism is for most Jews, a tribal thing. I'm not sure whether the same thing can be said for Islam. I believe it is. But it is a violent tribe. And tribal wars are the most murderous.
In England, as in most of Europe, Muslims are handled with special care and actions which would get you arrested if you are not Muslim are overlooked if you are, all in the interest of social peace.
This may backfire on the ruling classes as fear turns to hatred for those who are at the receiving end of the blows. Governments that get too far away from the popular will are weak and are often replaced or overthrown.
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