The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, is under police protection after he and his family received death threats over his claim that parts of Britain had become \u201cno-go areas\u201d\u009d for non-Muslims.<\/p>\n
The Bishop is also facing anger from the most senior members of the Church of England hierarchy for his comments on Islam.<\/p>\n
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has made Islam a priority of his archiepiscopate and set up a Muslim-Christian forum to promote relations between the faiths in 2006. One senior cleric told The Times yesterday: \u201cThe Bishop of Rochester is in effect threatening to undo everything we have done.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
The cleric said that some congregations in cities such as Leicester, where interfaith work was a priority, were increasingly wary of donating money towards this work. Church leaders in towns with a large Muslim population were anxious that relations with their neighbours were being undermined.<\/p>\n