Britain Already Surrendering to Sharia Law
The Archbishop of Canterbury suggested that British adoption of Sharia law was “unavoidable”. His comments caused quite a stir with some calling for his resignation. However, it was more observation than suggestion. British courts are already considering whether they should “surrender” to Sharia or not:
Last week, as Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, declared it was ‘inevitable’ that certain parts of Islamic law would be introduced into Britain, the Court of Appeal was told how a 26-year-old British Muslim with learning difficulties was married over the telephone to a woman in Bangladesh. It was arranged by the man’s father and deemed lawful under sharia law.
How can arranged marriages be acceptable under any circumstances in a Western society? It cuts against our most basic notions of freedom. And where are the outraged liberals? Perhaps they think “arranged” is just another quaint modifier like “gay” for marriage.
Wake up, England! The Archbishop did you a huge favor by calling your attention to a battle you’re already losing.
Archived in: England, Gay Marriage, Liberals, muslim, Rowan Williams, Sharia lawFebruary 10, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Trackback
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The CofE has been a farce since the 1930’s, when many of its notable representatives believed that the Soviet Union was the beginning of an earthly heaven. It’s been emphaticaly far-left since then; reliably stupid on religion in general and inexcusably brain-dead on Christianity in particular.
Who was it recently from the CofE who said that the church could not find a Christian difficult with allowing seriously disabled infants to die unattended?
Seriously, it’s a joke, which accounts for the fact that about 4% of self-identified CofE members actually attend church. Islam and Catholicism are gaining members, and the CofE probably only survives because of state funding.
Good riddance to it when the Brits get smart and cut the bearded Oxbridge clowns off and send them to work in real life.
PS:
Someone, forget who, memorable in British literature said that, all his life (in the 40’s), he’d been conscious of being taught by idiots, governed by fools and preached to by hypocrites. Hear, hear…