I must admit to feeling somewhat shell-shocked by the recent Sharia utterings of Rowan Williams.
Understandably there have been cries from the church about how he has been misunderstood and misinterpreted. However, he is the most senior member of the C of E and has a press office that should understand what the consequences of even discussing issues such as this, might well be.
In fact, the Archbishop tried his own version of political spin on this. He appeared on the Today program, prior to giving the speech, to tell everyone what he was going to say.
He said in that interviews that Sharia Law in the UK “Seems unavoidable” and that it is “not as if bringing in an alien, rival situation”. He does talk of internal religious law but also uses the example of divorce being settled under Sharia Law and not British Law.
He also says: “Saying there is one law for everyone is a bit of a danger”.
I can not agree with this at all. We are discussing the fundamental collapse of Britain as a cohesive multi-cultural society if we really believe that not having one law, under which we all abide, is the only method by which we can live together.
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