Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

[Vito]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7232661.stm

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK "seems unavoidable".

Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4's World at One that the UK has to "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.

Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law would help maintain social cohesion.

For example, Muslims could choose to have marital disputes or financial matters dealt with in a Sharia court.

He says Muslims should not have to choose between "the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty".

   
An approach to law which simply said - there's one law for everybody - I think that's a bit of a danger
Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

In an exclusive interview with BBC correspondent Christopher Landau, ahead of a lecture to lawyers in London later on Monday, Dr Williams argues this relies on Sharia law being better understood. At the moment, he says "sensational reporting of opinion polls" clouds the issue.

He stresses that "nobody in their right mind would want to see in this country the kind of inhumanity that's sometimes been associated with the practice of the law in some Islamic states; the extreme punishments, the attitudes to women as well".

But Dr Williams said an approach to law which simply said "there's one law for everybody and that's all there is to be said, and anything else that commands your loyalty or allegiance is completely irrelevant in the processes of the courts - I think that's a bit of a danger".

"There's a place for finding what would be a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law, as we already do with some other aspects of religious law."

Dr Williams adds: "What we don't want either, is I think, a stand-off, where the law squares up to people's religious consciences."

"We don't either want a situation where, because there's no way of legally monitoring what communities do... people do what they like in private in such a way that that becomes another way of intensifying oppression inside a community."

Multiculturalism 'divisive'

Under English law, people may devise their own way to settle a dispute in front of an agreed third party as long as both sides agree to the process.

Muslim Sharia courts and the Jewish Beth Din which already exist in the UK come into this category.

Dr Williams' comments are likely to fuel the debate over multiculturalism in the UK.

Last month, one of Dr William's colleagues, the Bishop of Rochester, said that non-Muslims may find it hard to live or work in some areas of the UK.

The Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali said there was "hostility" in some areas and described the government's multicultural policies as divisive.

He said there had been a worldwide resurgence of Islamic extremism, leading to young people growing up alienated from the country they lived in.

He has since received death threats and has been placed under police protection.

[Ambiorix]

The Church is handing over it's own people to the hordes of statan

[briann]

The UK is taking the longest to wake up.  They are almost to the point of no return.

Brian

[Ambiorix]

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/02/archdhimmi-speaks-out.html#readfurther

[newman]

It's one thing when calls for an iSSlamic state are coming from a noisy muSSlim rabble, but when the head of the C of E and Brit royalty & politicians call for it it's another.

Britain is dead.

[JTFFan]

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/02/archdhimmi-speaks-out.html#readfurther

Thanks for the link

[Ambiorix]

It's one thing when calls for an iSSlamic state are coming from a noisy muSSlim rabble, but when the head of the C of E and Brit royalty & politicians call for it it's another.

Britain is dead.

I think the upper class is just getting richer. They will not have big problems with multi-culture.
On the contrary , importing cheap labor, only augments their profits.

[newman]

It's one thing when calls for an iSSlamic state are coming from a noisy muSSlim rabble, but when the head of the C of E and Brit royalty & politicians call for it it's another.

Britain is dead.

I think the upper class is just getting richer. They will not have big problems with multi-culture.
On the contrary , importing cheap labor, only augments their profits.

When Britain falls to iSSlam, the rich will take off to their summer/winter homes in the Med or the Carribean. They don't care.

[Ambiorix]

It's one thing when calls for an iSSlamic state are coming from a noisy muSSlim rabble, but when the head of the C of E and Brit royalty & politicians call for it it's another.

Britain is dead.

I think the upper class is just getting richer. They will not have big problems with multi-culture.
On the contrary , importing cheap labor, only augments their profits.

When Britain falls to iSSlam, the rich will take off to their summer/winter homes in the Med or the Carribean. They don't care.

Of course not.
Money rules the world.

[MassuhDGoodName]

Truly amazing what a cheap whore will do just for money.

This "Archbishop" is without question "on the take", and probably is a homorectumal too!

I feel very sorry for the remaining minority of decent English people whose leadership has done this to them.

History teaches us that TREASON deserves death.

[TavorIMI]

Truly amazing what a cheap whore will do just for money.

This "Archbishop" is without question "on the take", and probably is a homorectumal too!

I feel very sorry for the remaining minority of decent English people whose leadership has done this to them.

History teaches us that TREASON deserves death.

I quite agree.