Williams and Sharia

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If Rowan Williams is so enamoured of Sharia law, why doesn't he emigrate to Saudi Arabia? However, to get the full benefit, I suspect he may have to be a woman subject to Sharia.

My da: The man's a buffoon.What does he think would happen to a Christian minority in a Sharia country who wanted their own laws?

The thought of deliberately setting up a legal system that isn't one law for all turns my stomach, frankly.

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[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I have read most of the lecture along with commentary by others about it.

Supplementary jurisdiction is a terrible idea. Language, culture, and laws unite a nation. Creating a multiculti legal system where you can pick whatever suits you according to your race or religion or heritage will only undermine national unity and create more problems than it would solve.

[owl]

And then people not being able to choose to have the laws of the land, and being deprived of rights they have in English law and not Sharia...