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I think there is little doubt that there are individuals and some groups that would like to see Sharia Law replace our laws in this country. But that will not happen as every law enacted must be Constitutional. But if individuals want to live by Sharia Law among agreeable people as long as the laws are not forced on others and do not conflict with the Constitution then it is their right. This is what truly makes America Great not intolerance.
Butch
Quite.
The whole moral panic about Sharia Law in the West is laughable anti-Muslim propaganda.
Take the UK as an example. Sharia is used by choice by some people for conflict resolution and mediation between parties often in divorce cases. Both parties including the woman have to agree. Whatever agreement they come to can be (and in a number of cases has been) instantly overturned by the Courts because Sharia has no legal standing of any kind under UK law.
Furthermore there are enquiries into whether individual judgements and some practitioners (Imams) are being discriminatory in their mediations. There are therefore important legal checks and balances to ensure that UK anti-discrimination laws for gender, sexuality, race and discrimination are upheld in this entirely voluntary system. This is the best that any democratic country can do, because it just isn't possible to stop people going to a religious leader, be it a priest or Imam, for advice.
In terms of Sharia finding its way into UK law by stealth, there are no Members of Parliament who support or propose this, including the 15 Muslim MPs out of a total of 650 MPs in Parliament (just over 2%).
The highest reputably reported level of support for incorporating Sharia Law into UK law came in a recent survey where 30% of UK Muslims wanted this, however let's get that figure into perspective. That amounts to around 1% of the UK population and most of them are only interested in civil marriage and financial/contract law, finding Saudi style criminal sanctions abhorrent.
So far less than 1% of the UK population want to incorporate any kind of Sharia criminal law into the UK, despite there being over 3 million Muslims in a population of around 65 million. This could be because, perhaps surprisingly, more Muslims consider themselves as having a British identity and are proud to be British than the general population.
In summary there is about as much chance of Sharia Law in the UK, especially criminal law, as Elvis being found alive eating green and red spotted aliens on the Moon, and that is the way that the vast majority of UK Muslims want it.
So much for all the hysterical headlines in the Sun and the Daily Telegraph. Never let a good panic get in the way of the facts.
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