UK Government Minister Slams ‘militant Secularism’

LONDON (AP) — A British Cabinet minister says Europe is threatened by a wave of “militant secularism” and religion should play a bigger role in public life.

Sayeeda Warsi says Europe should “become more confident and more comfortable in its Christianity.”

In an article for Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph, she accuses militant secularists of having the same intolerant instincts as authoritarian regimes.

Warsi, a Muslim, is leading a delegation of British politicians to the Vatican this week.

Most Britons are not regular churchgoers, and for years political leaders have largely heeded the advice of Tony Blair’s spin doctor, Alastair Campbell — “We don’t do God.”

But Prime Minister David Cameron recently urged the Church of England to lead a revival of traditional Christian values.