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merchimerch) wrote2008-02-07 08:27 am
merchimerch) wrote2008-02-07 08:27 am
Sharia law in Britain?
I find this article REALLY interesting:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7232661.stm
The idea that the Archbishop of Canterbury is advocating the adoption of some aspects of Sharia law for the sake of social cohesion strikes me as a frightening blend of church and state (not that the UK has such a problem with it as we do in the US), but also a neat idea. I can think of myriad ways it could be done wrong, but maybe it could also be done very right. The 5 pillars of Islam are good, as is much of the moral code outlined in the Sharia as I know it (and Islam is really a tangential aspect of the area I specialize in, so I don't claim to be terribly professionally smart when it comes to this stuff).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7232661.stm
The idea that the Archbishop of Canterbury is advocating the adoption of some aspects of Sharia law for the sake of social cohesion strikes me as a frightening blend of church and state (not that the UK has such a problem with it as we do in the US), but also a neat idea. I can think of myriad ways it could be done wrong, but maybe it could also be done very right. The 5 pillars of Islam are good, as is much of the moral code outlined in the Sharia as I know it (and Islam is really a tangential aspect of the area I specialize in, so I don't claim to be terribly professionally smart when it comes to this stuff).
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