Bashing the Bishop - What a Burhka!
The head of the Church of England, Rowan Williams, has stated that the UK has to "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system and that the introduction of Sharia Law in the UK is now "unavoidable".
He says 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 also says Muslims should not have to choose between "the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty".
This has caused a major fuss and in an attempt to dodge calls for his resignation the Right Rev. has now put out a message on his website stating he "certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law". In a further mealy mouthed statement he said he was simply "exploring ways in which reasonable accommodation might be made within existing arrangements for religious conscience".
What a Burhka!
The Sun
The Dirty Digger strikes again
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Originally Posted by YardenUK
In the Archbishop's defence he did not actually say that Britain MUST introduce shariah courts in the UK - he was merely stating that already in the UK the Jewish community can go to the Beth Din religious courts to resolve civil disputes in areas of business and marriage, and as a society maybe we need to listen and explore calls for similar arrangements for those of other religious faiths.
Poor dear Rowan. My gay bishop cousin (on my mother's side - no relative of Aunty) says Dr Atkinson simply didn't understand how beastly the Murdoch press could be. I agree with everything YardenUK has written. But one can expect no more from the Great British Public, whose knee-jerk reaction must be everything Rupert and his minions desired. Mind you, I'm on record as stating that I believe the burqua should be mandatory for all women, but that's another issue altogether