They don't have their own courts. Islamic arbitration committees have started emerging under
existing arbitration law. No law has been changed to allow them. It seems to me that it is far more likely that the law, if it
does change, would be to legislate to bring them under control, not to give them more freedom. (Particularly on an issue such as marriage which is sensitive).
They handle mediation in financial and divorce cases largely; no stonings or hand severings here, I'm sorry to disappoint any rubberneckers. They certainly don't have the capacity to overule existing British law, and I can't imagine that they ever will.
As I said, we already have allowances for Jewish customs. You don't think any religious groups should have these facilities; fair enough. But the way in which Muslim practices are singled out as a subject for hysteria and hatred is, IMO, more of a problem than the fact that these things exist. Again, bear in mind "Shariah"
could mean executing a woman for getting raped, but in this case what it generally means is financial dealings such as the receipt of interest etc.
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The problem is with the expansionist values that lie at the core of the Muslim ideology. Taking what the Koran, the Hadith, and the religious leaders in Islam are actually saying at face value would make any sort of mosque seem like appeasement and capitulation.
Nonsense, how many Muslims do you meet in day to day life that try to convert you, or try to subsume you into their culture?
Look, as a white European, what would you think if you met a Muslim, or an Asian, or an African who was suspicious of you because of the "expansionist values" that your civilisation has "at its core"? (And I'm sure you will agree that white Europeans have done far more expanding in the past 100 years than Muslims have). You'd think that was stupid, right?
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And what about the fuckwit calling Muslim suicide bombers "anti-muslim terrorists"? Same person who stopped Geert Wilders from entering, no?
I don't actually know what you're referring to here.
Agreed on the first bit, it is a bit exaggerated.
Btw, I meet a lot of Muslims (as well as Christians, Mormons, etc) who try and convince me of the infallibility and truth of their religion. Of course, this is because I go out of my way to find opposing religious opinions to mine, but still. I have many female friends who have been mistreated by Muslim guys as well, for example. It's just not an ideology that should be granted even the minimum level of appeasement. The feminists in my country, for example, actively campaign against the construction of minarets because it would be "a physical testament to a sexist ideology".
Oh, and that last bit was referring to your bitch of a home secretary, Jacqui Smith.
bet they'll love that... America needs more close-to-the-cuffs comedians. Get Russell Brand to do it next year.
