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”.
Actually, Archbishop, adoption of sharia law seems “unavoidable” only to people with no backbone and scant courage, so while it’s certainly understandable why you would feel this way, it ain’t necessarily so for everybody else.
We keep getting told how intelligent and highly-educated Rowan Williams is. So why doesn’t he ever stop, before making these moronic utterances, and ask himself the obvious questions, such as: “If we do this for Muslims, will we have to do this for, say, Tongan immigrants? Hindus? African bushmen?” How about: “What does this mean for the notion of equal protection under the law?” Or: “What happens when sharia law contradicts British law?” And: “What happens when Muslims decide that other Britons’ not being subject to sharia law offends them to their very core, such that the only acceptable solution is to scrap British law entirely?”
I’ve said this before about the Archdhimmi, and I have a feeling I’ll be saying it a lot more in the future: The sooner this man exits the stage, stops speaking to the press, and starts puttering around in his garden, the better.
UPDATES:
LGF, as expected, is having a field day with this one.
Ruth asks if the Archbishop has gone bonkers.
Damian Thompson says Rowan should be sacked.
H/T: James Manley, Pageantmaster
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One wonders what Anglican bishops in predominately Islamic societies will thing of ++Rowan’s proposal.