Re: Archbishop of Canterbury wants Sharia law in Britain
** Rowan Williams, the most senior figure in the Church of England, said that giving Islamic law official status in the UK would help achieve social cohesion because some Muslims did not relate to the British legal system.**
Then why are they there?
It's tricky. Although the vast majority of Muslims in the UK are immigrants, there is a (obviously) huge first-born Muslim population. Among them, there are many who are conservative.
The argument of forced/voluntary exile may work for those who are transplanted to a country...but things get tricky for those who are first-born...one could argue if anyone that dares challenge the social status quo ( or refused to assimilate to it) is somehow worthy of kicking out...then the first to go should have been the hippies of the 1960's...
With regards to Shariah in the UK, I think the Bishop means things like interest-free banking (I presume there'd eventually be some need to regulate this), and the like...