Date published: 2008/02/07
The BBC says:
Leading politicians have distanced themselves from the Archbishop of Canterbury's belief that some Sharia law in the UK seems "unavoidable".
Gordon Brown's spokesman said the prime minister "believes that British laws should be based on British values".
The Tories called the archbishop's remarks "unhelpful" and the Lib Dems said all must abide by the rule of law.
Dr Rowan Williams said the UK had to "face up to the fact" some citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
He said adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law could help social cohesion.
For example, Muslims could choose to have marital disputes or financial matters dealt with in a Sharia court.
But the prime minister's official spokesman said Sharia law could never be used as a justification for committing a breach of English law, nor could the principle of Sharia law be applied in a civil case.
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Dr Williams said Muslims should not have to choose between "the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty".
What an idiot. He even makes Prince Charles look good. His real agenda seems to be to allow all fundamentalist religious nutters, especially Christian ones like himself, to be able to pick which laws they agree to follow. Fortunately the political establishment seems to have told him where to get off. Why the Anglican church ever let itself be burdened with this backwards man as archbishop is a mystery.
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