Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

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

Now, what I want to know is, will the Sharia law be the law enforced just for Muslims (when it suits them), or will it include everybody else (whether or not it suits them)? Since it's all so "unavoidable."

Roll over. Play dead. Who cares about your country, what it stands for or people's rights?

Comments

[I Gallop On]

That's a shocking, slippery slope. Islam has the PC West so intimidated, that inch by inch, they are gaining their special rights and making inroads. If they want Sharia law, then why don't they return to their Arab country?

My people, poor Scottish immigrants to the U.S., were eager to integrate into American society. Most people can say that here. But this is something entirely different, I think.

But then again, we let radical Imams here in our government deliver the opening prayers at our high-level meetings in Washington D.C.

Where's the pride in Western culture? What place does Sharia law have among freedom-loving people?

[Angry]

Just dropped in to say that Aus had given the idea about five minutes of thought a few years ago and rejected the notion of introducing Sharia law. The current government has confirmed that they too will not be entertaining the idea.

You can check out a recent article here;

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080208/2/15rw9.html

I guess there'll be some more debate on this in years to come, but by the same token, we do have some Jewish Beth Din so the slippery slope is already tilted a little.

[Transylvanianhorseman]

Coming from Britain, I would say that there is zero chance of Sharia law being accepted as a means of administering legal judgments.

Government would probably say that, if Muslims wish to arbitrate according to their customs any problem for which legal recourse is not obligatory, then they are welcome to so long as they don't break the law. That would represent no more than (for example) two Christians asking a priest to help them work out how one repays a debt to the other. As such, the state would not actually be making any concession to anyone.

I suspect that most younger Muslims in Britain have little wish to submit to Sharia law, expect perhaps for the very poorly educated. Submitting would mean allowing their more conservative elders to restrict them, both intellectually and in how they lead their lives. The existing legal system in Britain is mature and effective, and gives substantial protection to minorities. Educated Muslims know this.

There is a parallel issue that government has been trying to get Muslim organisations to take responsibility for the intelligent leadership of their diaspora in Britain. The bombings in London a couple of years ago were the work of ill-educated, marginalised Muslims who had received no proper leadership from authority figures within their faith. The existance of ignorant young men whose "education" comes from Jihadist websites is a real worry.

The Archbishop of Canturbury is also quite outspoken, and he and his Bishops have somewhat of a history of making odd pronouncements.