Cardinal Nichols sets up a straw man when discussing the immigration crisis: “I think the immigration crisis is real and it needs concerted effort to address it. It needs to be addressed realistically with resources and proper legislation, but it’s almost impossible to do that in an atmosphere in which fear and hatred are the dominant features. It does nobody any good, this somewhat self-indulgent way in which people have begun to express themselves and their distaste and their hatred of people who they see as different. And that is creating a culture of fear among people who have been welcomed here.”
The cardinal, like many Western leaders, dismisses those who are concerned about large-scale Muslim migration into the West as having “hatred of people who they see as different” and creating “an atmosphere in which fear and hatred are the dominant features.” Many politicians speak this way today, criticizing the “politics of fear” as if fear were something always and in every case to be shunned, despised, and rejected. But is that really the case? The proper response to the jihad threat should not be fear, but determined resolution to stand for freedom; still, is fear really something that is tantamount to being morally wrong? If someone has a headache that lasts for days and goes to the doctor because he is afraid he has a serious illness, should the doctor say, “Go home and don’t give in to fear”? If a hiker is confronted by a hungry, ferocious lion, should he refuse to flee because that would be giving in to fear?
And as far as “hatred of people who they see as different,” Nichols probably thinks that those who are opposed to mass Muslim migration in the West are motivated by racism and xenophobia. Is it racism and xenophobia to take note of the fact that Ahmad al-Mohammed and one other of the jihadis who murdered 130 people in Paris in November 2015 had just entered Europe as refugees? Is it racism and xenophobia to recall that in February 2015, the Islamic State boasted it would soon flood Europe with as many as 500,000 refugees? Or that the Lebanese Education Minister said in September 2015 that there were 20,000 jihadis among the refugees in camps in his country?
Meanwhile, 80% of migrants who have come to Europe claiming to be fleeing the war in Syria aren’t really from Syria at all. So why are they claiming to be Syrian and streaming into Europe, and now the U.S. as well? An Islamic State operative gave the answer when he boasted in September 2015, shortly after the migrant influx began, that among the flood of refugees, 4,000 Islamic State jihadis had already entered Europe. He explained their purpose: “It’s our dream that there should be a caliphate not only in Syria but in all the world, and we will have it soon, inshallah.” These Muslims were going to Europe in the service of that caliphate: “They are going like refugees,” he said, but they were going with the plan of sowing blood and mayhem on European streets. As he told this to journalists, he smiled and said, “Just wait.”
On May 10, 2016, Patrick Calvar, the head of France’s DGSI internal intelligence agency, said that the Islamic State was using migrant routes through the Balkans to get jihadis into Europe.
Cardinal Nichols is calling upon Britain to invite jihad terrorism and commit societal and civilizational suicide, in the name of Christian charity. Is that what Christian charity is, as far as he is concerned? Do Christians have no responsibility to try to protect their own families and children, home and heritage?
In any case, he needn’t worry: Britons are going to learn a great deal from the vibrancy of the migrants’ Islamic faith. More than they realize.
“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
“Britons could learn from ‘vibrant’ faith of Muslim migrants – Cardinal,” by John Bingham, Telegraph, November 4, 2016:
British people have much to learn from the “vibrancy of the Muslim faith” of new immigrants including refugees, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has said.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols…accused politicians of “trading in fear” and said media stories constantly portraying immigration in a negative light were proving “corrosive of our best nature”.
“I think this country will benefit actually from the vibrancy of the Christian faith that many people bring here,” he said.
“Of course what we have to learn too is from the vibrancy of the Muslim faith that comes here.”
He added: “I think the immigration crisis is real and it needs concerted effort to address it,” he said.
“It needs to be addressed realistically with resources and proper legislation, but it’s almost impossible to do that in an atmosphere in which fear and hatred are the dominant features.
“It does nobody any good, this somewhat self-indulgent way in which people have begun to express themselves and their distaste and their hatred of people who they see as different.
“And that is creating a culture of fear among people who have been welcomed here.”

CrossWare says
Oh yeah they switched over to the enemy for sure. That is why organized religion is something we have to eliminate. Individual pastors, preachers, priests are ok, if the community choose to pay them but no organization. It just becomes the collection of profit hungry traitors.
Oesi says
They never switched. Have always been good friends with the satanic religion of islam. See WW2
le mouron rouge says
Oesi says , “They never switched. Have always been good friends with the satanic religion of islam. See WW2′
True.
The leaders of the United Kingdom are now reaping what they have sown, especially the way they mistreated the Jewish people.
“I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 12:3
tom parry says
I don’t understand what you are saying.
gravenimage says
The British–along with the Americans and other Allies–*defeated* Nazi Germany. Did you miss that?
Mirren10 says
le mouron rouge says:
”The leaders of the United Kingdom are now reaping what they have sown, especially the way they mistreated the Jewish people.”
In what way, exactly ? Be specific.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi-germany/kindertransport/
Pumbar says
I think this numptie is referring to Edward the first’s expulsion order in 1290. He’s on here quite regularly having a go at certain peoples. Oddly, he never criticises muzzies.
JOHN SPIELMAN says
this “cardinal” of the Catholic church has no more clue about life in CHRIST and the Holy Bible, than he has about the evil Satanic doctrine of islam and its antichrist false prophet -pedomuhammed!
JawsV says
The cardinal is a moron.
Ginger says
He is little Sir Echo. Anything Francis says he repeats.
Adrian Johnson says
Pope Benedict was wise to the “hunt witht the hounds / run with the hares” Nichols, and that is the reason he didn’t get the red hat on B XVI’s watch. He gave lip-service to the Pope, but didn’t obey him. He was supportive of the “Gay Pride” Masses (for active life-style–non-celebate– SSA’s) in London, despite instructions not to.
Nichols is the consumate chamelion “Leftie-lovie” and is PC with the UK zeitgeist of moral relativism.
Cardinal Nichols tried to sabotage genuine Catholic school education in London over the protests of good Catholic parents, and it was only thanks to fair-minded Education Secretary (& non-Catholic) Michael Gove that prevented Nichols’ oppressive, PC-tactics from succeeding.
Pope Francis of course really likes everything Nichols represents (Lukewarm British Catholicism) made him Cardinal as soon as he could.
Christine says
These priests have amongst the Catholic Church are also the highest child abuse cases in history, the pedopiles in the Which is accepted in Islam is something the two have in common
Kay says
We want our leaders, but God has already warned us to rely on the Holy Spirit even as He promised Christ’s return.
Read 1 John 2 (in particular vs 26-28).
Jay Boo says
(“It does nobody any good, this somewhat self-indulgent way in which”) — clergy in the RC church protected pedophile priests at the expense of innocent victims and as a result must now kiss the butts of deep pocket Muslims who might threaten to destabilize and slander all church leaders lest they play along and pretend that Islam is a religion.
CrossWare says
No wonder they like Islam, child molestation part of the perks.
BLC says
You’re right on the money there!
Michael Laudahn says
We definitely will have to learn that. Just like these upper-class swedes had to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLUTe9ZQpYk
Watch their reaction…
Peter says
Apparently, neither his sensory system nor his rational brain can pick up the vibrations of Islam-inspired bombings, bouncing heads, or other blood-lust rituals, let alone the vibes of anti-non-Muslim hate, animosity, and predations that faith inherently generates and has been doing so for 14 centuries.
duh swami says
Vibrant huh…It takes all kinds of people to make up the w3orld, and I’m glad I’m not one of them’…
Ellen says
We have nothing to learn from scumbags and criminals, so let the good people stay and throw the bad ones out fro ever
Jay Boo says
We don’t want Muslims to ever get angry.
We must show them that we like them or else they might get angry.
We must not ever think bad thoughts about Muslims.
Only good thoughts are allowed.
BLC says
Great analogy.
Thought_Weaver says
“Britons could learn from ‘vibrant’ faith of Muslim migrants – Cardinal,”
What rubbish? ?
Jaladhi says
Yeah right, we have to learn from the “vibrancy of Muslim” faith. Yup we should learn to rape and murder like the followers of Muslim faith to become more vibrant! Moron!!
Ali Bey says
Vibrant blind, imposed, compulsory, irrational, fabulated, intolerant, venomous faith? No, thank you, I had already enough with the brainless nonsense, silliness and obtuseness of the Catholic one..
Richard Paulsen says
Maybe it is the power clercgy has in muslim countries that is tempting? Guterres, the new UN secretary will be a good support to changing Europe, too. However his country is not tempting immigrants. They go to other countries than Portugal.
What can Europe possibly learn from islam? Well peoples of Europe may still have a chance to decide which way to go. But it is diminishing if they go on voting like before.
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/06/17/amanpour-intv-guterres.cnn
KrazyKafir says
If this is the continued direction of the Catholic Church, then I’m out.
Paul Clark says
The Cardinal is a person of a theocracy supporting another theocracy: Islam and Catholism. Most of the time it is a close race between which religion is more arrogant and ignorant than the other. Pope Francis seems to be almost as ignorant and arrogant as the leaders of Islam. I don’ t think the Pope or anyone is intentionally as evil as Muslims. Yet, he has been dumbed down by the South American , Catholic Socialists. They are the people that think government should take your earning of work and sweat by force and give to others of their choice. Most of which have never seriously applied themselves in making their own way, including many of the priests, cardinals and bishops. This is what this Cardinal wants: another free ride for evil. The example and teachings of Jesus of free choice of giving by Jesus Christ plays no part in his theology.
Cretius says
“phobia, n. an abnormal or morbid fear or aversion.” Concise Oxford Dictionary
Quoting from Islamic religious texts, quoting Imams and reporting acts of violence committed by Muslims in the name of their religion is not an abnormal act. It is in fact educational about the realities of Islam and it’s impact on Western civilisation.
‘Islamophobia’ is the fabricated term used to try and shut down valid and factual comment on Islam and it’s effect on Western civilisation. The term is in fact an ‘intellectual fraud’ and therefore is a misleading lie.
Islam is not a race so you cannot in fact be a racist when discussing Islam.
“bigot, n. an obstinate and intolerant believer in a religion, political theory etc”, COD (Islam on both counts!)
So much for those using false definitions to suppress free speech and fair commentary.
ECAW says
Denis MacEoin sent Cardinal Nichols this open letter a year or more ago but he appears either not to have got it or not to have understood it:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6191/archbishop-westminster
Ginger says
I understand he has form in not replying to anything he disagrees with. Clericalism lives.
Mubarak says
The Muslim invasion of the “Christian” West is the fulfillment of the words from Matthew 24:28:
“For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.”
gravenimage says
More from the vicious Mubarak:
The Muslim invasion of the “Christian” West is the fulfillment of the words from Matthew 24:28:
“For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.”
…………………….
Mubarak has spammed this before–just another of his claims that it is ‘God’s will’ that we be raped and murdered by his vile coreligionists.
And notice “Christian” in sneer quotes–he claims we are not Christian because we allow women to go out in public without Mehrams, and because they are allowed to study and work alongside men.
Of course, this demand for the imposition of Shari’ah norms is *Islamic*, not Christian.
Marty says
In the UK, the word ‘vibrancy” means many things, from
spitting in the street & concomitant TB all the way to child rape
and female genital mutilation.
Your own excellent site ran the story
“Muslim persecution forces convert from Islam to Christianity to
flee home under armed guard…in the UK”
Most Christians seem to welcome the mohammedan conquest
much as their early predecessors embraced martyrdom at
the hands of the Romans.
As someone who sees organised religion as blasphemous
form of politics, nothing surprises me when members of the
hierarchy sell out or are cowardly.
I still pity the persecuted Christians in mohammedans lands,
& think that most churches can be socially useful.
However, these attitudes of support for our Oldest Enemy
are stupid at best, evil at worst.
One of our few courageous Christians is Michael Nazir Ali,
an Anglican bishop of Pakistani extraction.
He dumped the pampered life of a bishop to defend persecuted
Christians.
Many members of the Christian hierarchies of Anglicanism &
Catholicism are cowardly & treacherous.
Not really Christians, just troughers.
vladkoval says
Looks like the days of Catholicism (as we know it) are counted.
Every nation should have its own church.
Beagle says
So basically, to hell with the thousands of victims of the immigrant crime wave? I guess horribly injured rape victims just need to soldier on for multiculturalism as if nothing ever happened?
It must be nice to live in your elitist bubble of safety, Cardinal Nichols. Say hello to the malevolent Pope Francis in there with you.
BLC says
Especially when the Muslims are stealing the victimization spotlight claiming “Islamophobia”.
How can any group of people responsible for so many heinous acts claim to be victims? They have no conscience.
Wellington says
Obviously this Cardinal, as with the present Pope, as with so much of the current Catholic hierarchy, has failed to understand that Islam is like no other religion on earth and is spiritually fascistic to its core. The previous Pope understood this but now the Roman Catholic Church is led by a Latin American leftist who is finding many allies in his Church, even creating some of these allies bishops and cardinals.
Much trouble ahead as the Catholic Church is no longer led by men who see the truth clearly but rather, for the most part, by lesser men who see very little at all. Damn shame. What a waste.
AvantiBev says
Yep. Vatican II the “gift” that keeps on giving…like venereal disease. The metrosexuals, an effeminate bunch have created the Church of Nice. When the Son of Man returns will He find any faith on earth? Not in the Church of Nice. Off to Latin Mass now. Real Mass said by real men. 🙂
jcd1974 says
“vibrancy of the Muslim faith”
Given the propensity of Muslims to murder non-believers, you must admit they are certainly enthusiastic about their faith.
Voytek Gagalka says
The last time when the RCC tried “to learn from the vibrancy of… faith” was during the Spanish Inquisition era during the 15th and 16th centuries. They are apparently absolutely unable to learn ANYTHING from history, trying to reverse it and return to “good, old days” when their word was the cherished and final one in temporal and spiritual affairs and anybody who opposed that official view was put in prison for life (Galileo) or burn at the stake (Bruno). Thus the RCC seems to engage in desire to become again the most reactionary force in the world, at least in theory (though not yet in practice), competing with Islam in prosecution. What’s next? Return to blasphemy laws? SHAME on you, false priests!
eduardo odraude says
The new Politically Incorrect Guide to Jihad is very worth buying folks. Have been reading it and it’s outstanding. By William Kilpatrick.
John Hawk says
Vibrancy? He must mean the vibrations that result from suicide car bombings.
Westman says
“Of course what we have to learn too is from the vibrancy of the Muslim faith that comes here.”
If Cardinal Vincent Nichols was really astute he would realize the “vibrancy” of Islam is largely from censure for not observing prayers, severe punishment for apostacy, and legitimized aggression against infidels.
This “vibrancy” could quickly be gained by Pope Francis receiving divine inspiration that Inquisitions will re-commence, and it will be a Catholic duty to “forbid what is wrong” wherever they are, patrol their neighborhoods with moral police, and persecute Protestants.
QED.
Champ says
“We have to learn…from the vibrancy of the Muslim faith that comes here”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“vibrancy of the Muslim faith”? When? Where? Who knew!
Exactly, we won’t find any “vibrancy” because there isn’t any within islam. This is a lie designed to deceive, just like so many other lies being promoted by this pope and his eivl ilk with the same purpose in mind. The only thing that islam offers is murder & mayhem; which is it’s chief objective.
Champ says
o0ps: his EVIL ilk ?
davej says
Typical, the Cardinal throws aside intellectual analysis and common sense to chide us about seeing Muslims as different. Well guess what, their “religion” really is different, very different and dangerously so, that is what people are worried about. The Liberal position is that nothing can be dangerously different, all foreign ideas must be accepted as equal or better. This delusion needs to be shattered.
I suspect that Christian leaders choose to embrace Islam because they recognize that, like two rival gangs, they are both on the same side of collecting tithes and the souls that come with them. They might welcome a little “vibrancy” to invigorate their own declining spiritual enterprise.
They see that “Muslims got moxie” and they fancy having some themselves.
Jay Boo says
TWO RULES
1 — Muslims get no blame.
2 — Infidels get no credit.
If we let in 1000, illegals,
Why not 10,000 or half a million. or a million.
Then Muslims we praise us all the more is the assumption.
But, it does not matter in the least as far as getting CREDIT because no matter how many illegal migrant Muslims we let in, ungrateful Muslims and their defenders will ALWAYS pout and complain that the uncaring West is “obligated” and needs to do more.
Because Muslims are — ‘Special’
davej says
Yes. Most people do not understand that Islam is like (and actually embodies) the stance of the Abusive Husband. Nothing is ever good enough, she is at fault for everything and must be regularly denigrated and beaten so she will know her place. So our role is as the battered wife afflicted with a version of the Stockholm Syndrome.
Islam notably has no equivalent of the Golden Rule and no concept of gratefulness. Instead it is based on exploitation, entitlement and deception, with violent threats always in the background.
This fundamental difference is one of the main reasons that Islam is such a shoddy religion and why we would be wise to keep clear of it. Or at least recognize the game that is being played at our expense.
Carl says
So, he admires the vibrancy of the Muslims, eh? He no doubt envies that vibrancy as the Catholic churches of Europe become increasingly emptied. He would probably admire the vibrancy of the Nazis’ faith in Hitler, too.
Mark A says
The Cardinal says that Europeans are creating a climate of fear in newly arrived migrants.
He should recognize that in most cases it is the other way round. The new migrants are creating a climate of fear among Europeans.
Mark Swan says
Absolutely Mark A
davej says
Real, justifiable fear, not “phobia”.
They also don’t seem to care that their huge tourism business is and increasingly will be affected by endless stories of rape gangs, stabbings and no-go zones.
IQ al Rassooli says
The Cardinal and almost every Catholic prelate is parroting what Francis has instructed them to say irrespective of Facts or Reality! They are following ORDERS just as the NAZIS in Nuremberg excused their actions no matter how evil and egregious they were. “We were only following orders” like unthinking robots
Pope Francis is the most DELUSIONAL and worst informed religious leader on the planet. He is also the foremost deceiver to his flock and the world.
LOVE cannot ever defeat Islam’s Quran mandated HATRED towards all those who are NOT Muslims (Infidels/ Kuffar) especially Christian Mushrikoon (they associate Jesus as the son of with Allah)
Francis told his 1.2 billion Catholic followers (and the world) that he could NOT find any aggressive verses in Muhammad’s Quran although any decent, fair minded human being with only TWO brain cells of logic having read only the first NINE chapters (no need to read all 114) would know how utterly INSANE and FALSE the pope’s assertion was and is
He is the very pope under whose WATCH hundreds of thousands of Christians have been Murdered, Raped, Enslaved and or Dispossessed all over the Middle East and Asia without ONCE linking Islam with TERROR but on the contrary asserting that Islam is “a religion of peace”!
I sincerely hope that his prediction that “all WALLS will fall” will come TRUE when the huge walls surrounding the Vatican will collapse (hopefully by divine intervention)
Francis has been and continues to be the antithesis of a true Christian no matter how many crosses he carries. He has shamelessly been aiding and abetting the very Muslims who have INVADED Europe and are currently destroying her from within just as they are doing their utmost with the connivance of the Catholic hierarchy and others in the USA
His legacy and those of his prelates will be remembered more as Satanic than Christian
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
Angemon says
Yes, Mr. Carter, the muslims invad… “migrating”to Europe are very religiously devout. I consider that to be a very bad thing. Maybe you should learn a thing or two about the basic tenets of islam instead of assuming that someone very religiously devout can not be a bad person or bear ill-will in their heart?
don vito says
To this observer, the two pictured above, are in an illusion beyond delusion, both these dhimmis know how and to whom to submit to. Pity us people of the WEST for such impotent leadership.
ploome says
regarding:
…..the “vibrancy of the Muslim faith”
he means the fanaticism and violence…that is his “vibrancy”
donkey hole
gravenimage says
UK Cardinal: “We have to learn…from the vibrancy of the Muslim faith that comes here”
………………………..
Yeah–if you consider rape and murder “vibrant”…
Mark A says
I’m Catholic and I despair when I hear Pope Francis or senior members of the Church talking like this.
Do these people not see what happens to Christians in Muslim majority countries? Have these people not read Sura 9:29 to see what Islam really thinks of “the People of the Book”?
Have these people not read the centuries long history of Islamic aggression against Christian Europe? Do these people not see where contemporary Europe is heading? Does this British Cardinal not see where the UK is heading?
I see the “vibrancy” of Islam and and the lesson I draw from it is that western nations are heading into some major internal conflicts.
I think this Daniel Pipes video presents a far more plausible view of Europe’s future than the view being presented by the Catholic Church:
Eric Jones says
The cardinal makes his comments from the safety of his residence where there are no Muslim street patrols around where he lives. I am sure that his female relatives are not subjected to grooming muslim gangs, because the police will keep a watchful eye for the relatives of the cardinal. It galls me that those who are not in danger and who never will be in danger tell the rest of us to willfully expose ourselves to danger.
Eric
Anne Smith says
There were no cardinals or Popes in the Bible. The holders of these posts are merely self important officials in an artificial construct, the Roman Catholic Church, and to a lesser extent the C of E, which evolved to enrich its rulers and enslave the followers, much in the way of Islam. They have more in common with Islam than would appear at first sight.
Unfortunately the Church officials, from Popes to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the C of E seem to have little or no concept of what Islam really entails, and how the terrorists, far from being “extremist” are actually proving how very devout they are in the meticulous way they follow orders from the Quran.
Dom107 says
Anybody wearing the peculiar dress of Popes,Bishops,Priests or clerics of any kind should be totally disregarded in anything they say.Its down to the people.Dont follow their stupid words.
The opium of the people should be replaced by science and common sense !
Benedict says
This Cardinal is an ass. Speaking like the Pope. If he followed and taught the Catholic community where he is the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, there would be no need to compare Catholics in Briton to the faith of the Muslims. Damn idiot. Christian teachings are not through intimidation and fear.