A quote from The Daily Telegraph, 26 February 2008

The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali [the Anglican bishop of Rochester], who received death threats for airing his views on Islamic issues, has vowed that he will continue to speak out. His claim that Islamic extremism has turned some parts of Britain into “no-go” areas […] led to threats that he and his family would be harmed.

Yet, in his first interview since the sinister calls were made to his home, the Bishop of Rochester remains steadfastly defiant. He will not be silenced. “I believe people should not be prevented from speaking out," he says. "The issue had to be raised. There are times when Christian leaders have to speak out.”

He arrived in Britain in the 1980s and seems to have taken up the mantle for defending the country's values he fears are being threatened by a loss of its Christian heritage. […]

Shortly after being made a bishop in Pakistan - at 35 he was the youngest in the Anglican Church - he was forced to flee to Britain to seek refuge from Muslims who wanted to kill him. He says that he never expected to suffer the same treatment in Britain and expresses concerns over recent social developments.

“The real danger to Britain today is the spiritual and moral vacuum that has occurred for the last 40 or 50 years. When you have such a vacuum something will fill it. If people are not given a fresh way of understanding what it means to be a Christian and what it means to be a Christian-based society then something else may well take the place of all that we’re used to and that could be Islam.”

[…] While the archbishop received widespread support from within the Church, Dr Nazir-Ali found himself isolated from his colleagues. […] As a Pakistani-born immigrant who has suffered racist abuse - he was called a “Paki papist” by Anglican clergy - he has gained an army of admirers who appear grateful to have someone brave enough to address controversial topics.