from Christian Concern
Tim Dieppe writes about his recent appearance on a Liberal Democrat Christian Forum panel
The Liberal Democrat Christian Forum (LDCF) hosted a fringe event at the Lib Dem Conference on Saturday entitled: How can Lib Dems challenge the rise of populism and Christian Nationalism?
I was invited to participate in the panel discussion, which I agreed to take part in with some trepidation since I was confident none of the other speakers would agree with my position.
Muslim member of the Lib Dem Christian Forum
On the panel was Mohammed Amin. Mohammed is a Muslim businessman, a former member of the Conservative Party and former chair of the Conservative Muslim Forum. Since 2019 he has been a member of the Liberal Democrats. I was told that he is a member of the Lib Dem Christian Forum (LDCF) notwithstanding the fact that he is a Muslim! This prompted me to check the publicly available constitution of the LDCF which contains no basis of faith. So, yes, a Muslim can be a member of the LDCF. I suppose this is where an ideology of inclusion leads?
The other panellists were Elizabeth Jewkes (Director of LDCF), Nathan Stilwell (Humanists UK), and Nigel Jones (LDCF member). The panel was chaired by Olivia Honeyman (chair of LDCF).