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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 09:41 AM
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Sharia Law in UK is 'Unavoidable'
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Source: BBC

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

..

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 says the argument that "there's one law for everybody... I think that's a bit of a danger".


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



I think he's off his rocker.
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