Excellent idea. Lets hope it leads to greater understanding and friendships between faiths.

john dickens, leigh on sea, uk

If the Church of England continue to open the door for other religions, it means all the bishops and leaders are not reading their Bible and not praying to their Lord! They are not a spiritual leaders, they are hopeless! The end of the world is coming very soon!

Lim Heng Loong, Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia

Speechless. I am just speechless.

TS, Oshawa, Canada

"The mutli-faith centre is due for completion in 2010."

If memory serves the year 2010 is when the next world war will occur - per Nostradamus.....

aine, bronxville, ny

These bishops lack a Christian worldview. See http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5362

A.L., Brisbane, Australia

Time to get out of Babylon (false religious systems) especially those with the sin of Jeroboam (those that change times, dates, place of worship and priesthood).

kate b, cheshire, uk

Well, at least we can hope. But I wouldn't bet any money on it.

Philip Saenz, Houston, Texas/USA

This is incredible. I wonder if Jesus would of donated money for people to worship Apollo, Mars or Baal? I wonder if Paul, Timothy, Luke or anyother apostle or early church father would of donated money for people to worship false Gods? What does the Church of England stand for? I can tell you they dont stand for Christ and the Bible, " I am the lord thy God and you shall have no other gods before me." You have to wonder if the leader of the Church of England even reads the Bible.

Bob, Murfreesboro, usa/ Tn

the church of england is not what it used to be...It used to be a Christian Church...It spends more time helping Islam than spreading the good word. Why doesn't thye chyurch just shut its doors and convert islam. Bishop Rowan seems to be studying more about Islam than preaching Christianity...I was trying to learn more about this church, but i was wrong. This church has lost its Christian ways.

Arthur Malcolm, oradell, usa

WOW, a powder keg with new materials all under one roof, the shock wave of this blast will be heard world wide.

bill.p, whitehaven, cumbria

Working in a University as I do, I'm familiar with multi-choice questions, but not with multi-choice answers, and reading about multi-faith mixtures like this, helped along with a handsome gift from the diocese of Guildford, prompts me to affirm that salvation is to be found In the Lord Jesus Christ, and Him only. Exclusive stuff is truth, but that's its nature, excluding everything outside itself, and as for the way of salvation, John McArthur expressed it nicely in his commentary on Romans, saying:-

“As far as the way of salvation is concerned, there are only two religions the world has ever known or will ever know—the religion of divine accomplishment, which is Biblical Christianity, and the religion of human achievement, which includes all other kinds of religion, whatever name they may go under.”

The MacArthur New Testament Commentary :
Romans 1-8 & 9-16
Moody Press, 1995

Who's going to share this good news? if not Jesus' followers who? If not now, when?

Paul, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

I take no pleasure in saying this but----What is wrong with you Brits? Time to wake up and stop being so "multicultural". How many church bells ring across any Muslim country? You had (have?) your own culture and it is time to put your foot down and reclaim it. You could learn something from former Australian Prime Minister Howard's comments the other day.

PJ, Los Altos Hills, CA/USA

Yet another case of caving into MUSLIM demands. What business is of the C of E to propagate a faith that gives no reciprocity or respect to other faiths in the lands that they are in the majority. If they think that caving in and sucking up to these individuals would bring reciprocity, one has only to ask Christians living in their lands how they are treated. This is like feeding the bear hoping it would not bite ( to appease it), but it will attack at the opportunity .
How come the Church leaders are so STUPID?

Faqi, London, UK

It's a satanic cult. What kind of madness is this? Church of England should read the scriptures maybe.

sunnybrookg, Lakeland , Florida, USA

No problems for the rest of the money. The Saudis, though not keen on giving aid to Tsunami victims in a Muslim country such as Indonesia, can always be relied on to back such a venture, that puts Islam in a dominant position, by virtue of space to Muslims.

Our leaders, both spiritual and temporal, continue to show a complete lack of understanding to the threat and its MO.

DaveP, Beverley, UK

Why are the faiths not all accorded the same amount of space, instead of basing it on the "likely numbers" of the relative worshippers? How were these numbers determined, and why are Muslims in the Guildford diocese so much more numerous than Christians? I'm curious where the rest of the funding will come from - Saudi Arabia perhaps? This is another reprehensible example of capitulation to the Islamists. England, as a lifelong Anglophile I beg you to save yourselves.

Jeff T., Los Angeles, California, USA

This reminds me of the old man and the Cobra ,the old man came across a snake out in the cold,frozen and dying. the old man took the Cobra home .Gave the snake a warm home in to live and all the food he could eat . This went on for months.until the Cobra was healthy and strong again.
The old man fixed the snake a fried field mouse,the snake's favorite dinner. upon setting it in front of the snake The Old Man was stricken by him.
In his dying words he said'' How could you ,,Do this to me".Haven't I gave you a good home and feed you the finest food . And the Cobra said yes ,,yes you have ,But from the beginning you Knew I was a snake and as a snake I can never change and as a Snake is a Snake Does.
SOOOO,,,No matter how much the Government or Other Religious Leaders do for Snakes that were brought into the house,Be prepared for their strike as it will happen.because as a Snake is a Snake Does.

CaptBlasto, St Louis,, Mo

There is no end to this is there.

Chris, Bellingham, WA

Christians, particularly Anglican bishops, seem to think that "tolerance" is the highest virtue. It is not - righteousness is. Tolerance does not require that Christians, and bishops particularly, turn a blind eye to the murderous persecution of fellow Christians in Islamic countries. Tolerance does not mandate that one keep one's mouth shut to the subjugation of women, and non-Muslims by Muslims. "Tolerance" does not require Anglican bishops to accept polygamy or any aspect of a barbaric and retrograde system of laws.

Righteousness requires the ability to see the truth about Islam, and not be afraid to speak about it.

The way the CofE is going, it is going to "tolerate" itself out of existence, and take Britain with it.

DaveP, Beverley, UK

I wonder if the good Bishop will ever make an oppology to the thousands of mudered Catholics within England and their total repression throughout the centuries?

steve, Manchester, NH

I am appaled and angered by these ridiculous moves to appease the muslims, whilst in muslims countries, faiths other than Islam are severly oppressed, if not banned altogether. Islam should not be recognized or respected, let alone it's spread encouraged and funded, until it fully recognizes and respects the validity of all faiths, and takes steps to fund the building of non muslim places of worship on all muslim lands.

Only then, there is fairness, as fairness is NOT one sided.

P. Shivan, London, London

I wonder if the COE leaders will convert to islam when the day finally arrives?... or have they already been infiltrated. I cant imagine for one moment a substantial sum of money like this being collected by immans for the good of the Christian community somehow can you?. What is making our political and religious leaders act in this way?...must be the fluoride in the water methinks :-(

Dan Levinson, Edinburgh,