Sharia just doesn’t share with anyone other than Moslems
…..position and power, that is. If you haven’t figured it out by now, Islam takes but never gives. They can build mosques in America and Europe but we can’t build Christian Churches in Saudi Arabia. They can carry around korans and preach the wisdon of Allah on street corners, but if you are caught carrying a Bible around in Saudi Arabia you get arrested and possibly beat up by a mob.
Ah, yes…..the glories of Islam!
I guess the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn’t have enough problems in the Anglican communion with gay bishops, bisheeps, and *priestettes* (*copyright - Carl Olson) because he also finds the time and energy to ponder the merits of Sharia ( How do you solve a problem named Sharia? )
This in from over the pond, (not the one on my property, the big one over yonder):
Pragna Patel, is chair of Southall Black Sisters, a radical feminist organisation. Ms Patel, who writes:
“The sentiments recently expressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chief Justice concerning sharia law are very telling: in the rush to be tolerant or sensitive to religious difference, they create the space for the most reactionary and even fundamentalist religious leaders to take control of minority communities, and they enable a climate which allows religion to define our roles in both private and public spaces.
“Their sentiments appear contingent on the false assumption that black and minority cultures are intrinsically opposed to universal human rights principles, and that they do not contribute to the body of law based on such principles that now inform the English legal system. In doing so, they allow religious and cultural contexts to become the overriding framework within which those from ethnic and religious minorities are perceived, inevitably drawing on very narrow assumptions about religion and the role of women.”
Oh, my, my…..it sounds like Dr Rowan Williams support for Sharia law is indefensible….. sort of like walking through a cow meadow without a chip finder.
Perhaps some quiet time in a country abbey (stolen from the Roman Church, no doubt) with some theology books and a tightly sewn shut mouth will do the good archbishop some good.
Amen
Please stand for the Creed…..
