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Posted: Fri Feb 8th, 2008 03:50 pm |
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London (PTI): The head of the Anglican church has sparked a political and religious controversy here after he called for adoption of some aspects of Islamic Sharia law in Britain. "It seems inevitable that elements of the Muslim law, such as divorce proceedings, would be incorporated into British legislation," Rowan Williams, also the Archbishop of Canterbury, said on Thursday night.
The Archbishop provoked the row by saying Britain had to "face up to the fact" that some citizens did not relate to this country's legal system and argued that officially sanctioning Sharia law would improve community relations. He said there was an argument that aspects of Sharia law, such as those involving divorce, financial transactions and the settling of disputes, could be accommodated with British legislation.
The Archbishop's comments came in for criticism by Downing Street, religious groups and MPs from all sides. The head of the equality watchdog denounced his claims while several high profile Muslims attacked him. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman has distanced the premier from remark, saying: "The Prime Minister believes British law should apply in this country, based on British values."
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "I think there is one law in this country and it's the democratically determined law. "That's the law and I will uphold and that's the law that is at the heart actually of the values that we share across all communities in this country," Smith said.
This article is reposted from The Hindu.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 10:27 pm |
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| Oh nuts- consider the source though
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CajunRick
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 02:22 am |
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kimdyuma wrote: Oh nuts- consider the source though
Hindus have a great many problems with Muslims. They would consider the implementation of Sharia law even more serious than Christians would.
India is primarily Hindu and Buddhist. Their primary adversary is Pakistan, a Muslim country, and they have been in a technical state of war since the 40's. The newspaper that is the source of this article is published in India, which was once a British colony that still maintains close ties to Great Britain, hence the concern over remarks by the leading cleric of the Church of England.
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 06:38 pm |
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| Actually it was the Arch Bishop that I was referring to not the paper when I opened my smart mouth- India Has Pakistan on one side , Bangladesh ( also Musliim) on the other and Sri Lanka with it's unrest to the south...
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 06:53 pm |
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kimdyuma wrote: Actually it was the Arch Bishop that I was referring to not the paper when I opened my smart mouth- India Has Pakistan on one side , Bangladesh ( also Musliim) on the other and Sri Lanka with it's unrest to the south...
And don't overlook China to the north...
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 07:12 pm |
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| AND Indonesia to the east again hugely Muslim. I occasionally read the Hindu online becuase of my years over there. What bugs me is that I see the Anglican church falling apart and people say to me " yeah I see why you left ahead of the sinking ship" as if that was my only reason for leaving- when I tell them that I left becuase I learned that the Catholic church had an RCIA program in place to accpet me in- they just don't get it.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14th, 2008 05:09 pm |
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Too bad the Lioness isn't living in 10 Downing Street anymore. At least HM's government, Labor, no less, is demonstrating more backbone than the head of church somewhat resembling an "english" version of the Real Church.
Somebody ought to give those Angie clerics a copy of the latest Frontline show about the Taliban and let'em see how Sharia Law's applied; really applied.
In our system of jurisprudence, our lawyers play for points with hopes of being able to get juries to understand they play for keeps. Under Sharia ... hell's bells, the participants; i.e. the "justice system," just plays for keeps. Let's put it this way: if people love cowboy string'em up style of "justice," Jim Crow segregation laws Rudy Guiliani-justice and other forms of quasi-legal vigilantiism, they'll need a big drooling bib for what Sharia has to offer.
Small wonder Britain USED to have an empire. Now it has nothing less than a heritage of a wimpire of lost principles shorn by the way of expedience as its officials left one mess after another while the sacrifices of so many of Britain's soldiers lives have been frittered due to the cowardice of so many "boneless wonders" occupying both foreign and domestic offices in Lambeth and Whitehall. At least the Kingdom's elected officials haven't completely caved in: yet.
Ah yes: Britain had her empire, but the Irish built and civilized the damn thing, only to have the WASPS waste it a way in one superb demonsrative spasm of gutlessness after another.
I don't even think for a moment Chamberlain, Halifax and Co. would go along with this. :?
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Posted: Thu Feb 14th, 2008 08:07 pm |
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| Frankly, I have come to the strong suspicion that the Anglican Communion and American Episcopal Church have either been taken over by the Evil One or have totally "lost their marbles", so to speak.
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