Sharia law in Britain?
Feb. 7th, 2008 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merchimerchI 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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Date: 2008-02-07 05:52 pm (UTC)My western, liberal democratic mind is wary of any time someone says "God told me ... and therefore you must do ..." At least in secular law, you can appeal.
As you say, I suppose it can be done well. But the examples that come immediately to mind are places where it has not gone well at all.