Lord Chief Justice Wants Sharia in Britain

Something is seriously wrong in the United Kingdom and the people in positions of authority don't seem to have a clue.

Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia, the country's most senior judge has said.

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, strongly backed Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, over his suggestion earlier this year that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain.

The archbishop's remarks sparked a national debate and led to calls for his resignation.

Risking inflaming that controversy again, Lord Phillips has said that Muslims in Britain should be able to use Sharia to decide financial and marital disputes.

Women, in particular, should be outraged at the suggestion since, under Sharia, they are assigned less value as human beings as men. As a result, any financial or marital dispute resolved in a Sharia proceeding would likely be unreasonable for the female litigant.

Even a Muslim member of Parliament, Khalid Mahmood, weighed in against the idea.

He said: "This would create a two-tier society. It is highly retrograde. It will segregate and alienate the Muslim community from the rest of British society.

"The majority of British Muslims want to live only under British law and they would reject anything that means they are treated differently.

"What Lord Phillips and the archbishop are discussing is something that is completely outside their area of understanding."

I think Mahmood nailed it.

Also: Jawa Report