Interesting report.
Very.
I can see where it is coming from.
In places, yes.
Some of the reasons deep down for the formation of extremists seems to be their feelings of non inclusion.
Which is why religion is such a worry. Excluded gay people created the gay-pride movement with carnivals and parades. Excluded atheists wrote books, and became so militant they talked to people really quite politely, on the whole.
Excluded religious people blow themselves up, taking innocents with them.
Could it be to open up the H of L to other faiths be a positive step?
The House of Lords is already open to people of all faiths. What we don't need is religious groups being priveleged by having designated seats for them - if the house were representative, it would be an accurate reflection of the faiths of the nation - religion isn't any more special in that regard (arguably considerably less) than gender, sexuality, disability/ability...
Or is that a can of worms and we are better of with the c of e that at least traditionally connected to government?
Or is it time to separate the idea of religion from that of government entirely, and disconnect religion from politics. Free it from the constraints and give it over entirely the people that want it.
Would scrapping the religious aspect of the H of L make our disconnection with those of faith even greater and maybe even influence the extremist aspect into becoming worse than ever?
I think, when the report talks of a disconnect between extremists and society, the possibility of Hassim bin Suicide-Vest being motivated by a lack of any apparent representative in the House of Lords is fairly low on the list. It's more immediate social inclusion that's the issue, the media, perhaps the commons.
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