ABSTRACT
In April 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron made a controversial statement. He called Great Britain a “Christian country.” There are several ways in which Nazir-Ali’s position that the British state should adopt a Christian identity can be challenged. It is often said that democracy, constitutionalism, and human rights evolved from within Judeo-Christian culture. Christians and Jews enjoy some protections as people of the Book, but Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and also Shiites and Sufis are seen as polytheists, which grants them an even lower status. From the perspective of a Jewish fundamentalist, the territory of Israel is not something democratically elected politicians can make decisions about; that is God’s prerogative. Europe is the continent that has experienced the most secularization, and it is also a continent in which democracy, constitutionalism, and human rights evolved.
