الرئيسية
LONDON (AP) —
Britain's David Cameron said Friday the country is experiencing a
"slow-motion moral collapse" reflected in England's riots — and that
religion must help to offer solutions.
In a rare speech on
religion, Cameron said Christian leaders, and those from other faiths,
have a vital role in restoring values of responsibility, charity and
compassion to British society after four nights of rioting in August.
Many
shops were looted or set on fire in the worst rioting in London in
decades, and it came as the city is preparing to host next summer's
Olympic Games.
Religion is "inherently involved in politics
because so many political questions are moral questions," Cameron said,
in Oxford in southwest England.
Unlike predecessors Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, Cameron has rarely discussed the role of religion in modern society.
He previously said his experience of Christian faith was like the signal on a faulty radio: "It sort of comes and goes."
Britain's David Cameron said Friday the country is experiencing a
"slow-motion moral collapse" reflected in England's riots — and that
religion must help to offer solutions.
In a rare speech on
religion, Cameron said Christian leaders, and those from other faiths,
have a vital role in restoring values of responsibility, charity and
compassion to British society after four nights of rioting in August.
Many
shops were looted or set on fire in the worst rioting in London in
decades, and it came as the city is preparing to host next summer's
Olympic Games.
Religion is "inherently involved in politics
because so many political questions are moral questions," Cameron said,
in Oxford in southwest England.
Unlike predecessors Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, Cameron has rarely discussed the role of religion in modern society.
He previously said his experience of Christian faith was like the signal on a faulty radio: "It sort of comes and goes."