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The Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, sounds the alarm bell. Dhimmification in Britain is under way, apparently. Do not panic. Stay in your homes, you will be collected.

A Church of England bishop has said Islamic extremism has turned some communities into no-go areas for people of a different faith or race.

He may be right, I can’t say. I don’t recognise what he’s talking about, not having a vested interest to protect or been chased past the mosque in Brighton for encroaching on its turf. I mean, it would be unthinkable for a representative of one religion and go off half-cocked in attacking another religion without a proper grasp of the facts, wouldn’t it? It would be without precedent.

The thing is, I wonder if the Bishop is the right person to be advising us on theological ‘no go’ areas. After all, he’s barricaded off one or two of his own.

There’s IVF for lesbians:

The Bishop of Rochester has spoken out against plans to make IVF readily available to single women and lesbians.

And veils for Muslim women:

Legislation should be introduced giving some officials the power to remove the veil worn by Muslim women, the Bishop of Rochester has said.

And gay clergy:

The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, said he would find it difficult to attend a Church council alongside those who consecrated or approved the appointment of Anglicanism’s first openly gay bishop.

But not Iraq:

One of the Church of England’s most senior bishops broke ranks with his colleagues yesterday by suggesting that Britain and the US could be justified in using force against Saddam Hussein.

‘It is now less possible for Christianity to be the public faith in Britain,’ says the Bishop. Well, he ain’t helping much.

Update: PDF asks the most important question:

Where are these no-go areas for non-Muslims that the Bishop of Rochester is scaremongering about?

Where indeed? The Bishop forgot to provide any evidence to back up his claim. Maybe it was removed by the editor. Yes, that must be it.