Just breaking, one of the most senior judges in England says Sharia law should be practiced in the U.K. WTF is he thinking? Here’s a piece from the article:
Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could be employed to deal with family and marital arguments and to regulate finance.
He declared: ‘It is possible in this country for those who are entering into a contractual agreement to agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.’
In his speech in an East London mosque Lord Phillips signalled approval of sharia principles as a means of settling disputes so long as no punishments that conflict with the established law are involved, and as long as divorces are made to comply with the civil law.
Is he freakin’ kidding us? Creeping Sharia is already on its way, but now a top official in the high courts in Britain comes out with this excrement sandwich? The people of the U.K. should be completely outraged and call for his dismissal, or whatever means they use, from the court. What a sham. Here are some of the “delightful” points of Sharia Law and Muslims in the U.K.:
* Sharia law is based on the Koran, on associated teaching about the life of the Prophet Mohammed, and on the judgements of Islamic clerics and lawyers down the centuries.
* It is in essence a set of religious principles by which Muslims are required to live. Sharia is interpreted and enforced differently in different countries across the Islamic world.
* Islamic law is often regarded as having four parts: how Muslims should worship; commerce; crime and punishment; and marriage and divorce.
* Sharia says forbidden behaviour, like drinking alcohol and taking drugs, or adultery, should be punished. Islamic scholars say the Koran sets down punishments such as lashes or stoning for adultery.
* Sharia law also permits behaviour not allowed by English law, for example (sic) polygamy, which in some jurisdictions says men may have up to four wives.
* In Britain, sharia courts are often operated by mosques. Muslim families come to sharia courts for justice and agree to be bound by their rulings.
* They have no formal legal status.
* There are around 1.6 million British Muslims, most of whom are of Pakistani origin. The strongest Muslim communities are in London, especially in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets where Lord Phillips spoke yesterday, Birmingham, Yorkshire and Lancashire.
* Orthodox Jews operate Beth Din courts which are subordinate to the civil law and which decide issues among 180,000 people according to ancient Jewish law. They are regulated by the Chief Rabbi. A divorcing Jewish couple first divorce in the civil courts, then come to the Beth Din tribunals for religious judgement.
* The only religious courts in England with full and official legal status are the consistory courts and tribunals which decide disputes and disciplinary matters in the Church of England.
WWTBS (What would Tony Blair Say?)
Boy, is the West ever screwed if B. Hussein Obama gets elected.
Wow. I am just shocked. What can I say? I just stumbled on this new show, hosted by Al Roker, while busy doing other things in the kitchen and the laundry. The first two families were the Joan Rivers’ family and the family of the rapper, Ice-T. Check out the latest in terrorist chic!
Many crass things have been said and done before on Law & Order, but this just stunned me. Ice-T Jr. (???) came out, and as he was approached and given the microphone, his t-shirt became more apparent. I thought “So You Think You Can Dance” was bad, but sheesh! Ice-T goes further down on my list of ‘actors I will no longer watch.’
Here is a series of screen caps. Can anyone decipher what is said on either the front or back of his t-shirt? The coloring is obvious, as is the crescent shape, but I don’t read jihadi.
*sigh*… the ignorance of Hollywood elites never ceases to amaze me. Can anyone read what is on the back of Jrs.’s t-shirt? Or on the front, for that matter.
Wow! This is astounding! All I can say is check out these videos. Mark Steyn pillories islamofascism, and no one can deny the truths of which he speaks. He takes on Mohamed Elmasry’s Sock Puppet Three on TVO’s The Agenda.
What an astounding patriot! A lot of video, but all worth watching; in fact, I’d call all parts as “must-see” video.
Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician, who produced a 10-minute video saying the Koran should be banned, and talks about the insanity of its teachings. Not surprisingly, some countries are already banning YouTube for being one of the websites where the video will be posted. Here’s a preview of the video on MegaVideo.
Gee, let’s see how long it takes before YouTube bans Geert’s film, much less if they allow him to post it in the first place.
Tonight Laura Ingraham was sitting in for Bill, and the impact segment was about Dutch politician Geert Wilders making a 10-minute anti-Koran film. Geert Wilders is the chairman of the Freedom Party. As usual, the practitioners of the so-called “religion of peace” are warning the Dutch government not to show this or there with be… well…Allah to pay. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of the best-seller “Infidel,” was on to talk with Laura about the current controversy.
Here’s a portion of Geert Wilder’s thoughts on the Koran:
The core of the problem is fascistic Islam, the sick ideology of Allah and Mohammed as it is set out in the Islamic Mein Kampf: the Koran. The texts in the Koran leave little to the imagination.
In various Sura’s Muslims are called upon to oppress, persecute, or kill Jews, Christians and others, believers and non –believers and to beat women and to rape and to use violence to implement a worldwide Islamist state. Numerous other Sura’s are used by Muslims to incite to death and destruction.
I’ve blogged about Canadian Ezra Levant before, as have many others, about his fight with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. You see, when Ezra worked for the Canadian publication, the Western Standard, Ezra decided it was his human right to publish the Danish Mohammed cartoons. Well, that wasn’t received well by one Syed Soharwardy, and so he filed a complaint with the AHRC.
Ezra had to go before the AHRC and plead his case, in which he practically BEGGED them to find against his favor so that this case could be heard by a legitimate court, and now his story is being told around the world. Tonight he was on Glenn Beck to talk about his story, It’s a must-watch for every freedom-loving infidel in the world. First, check out Ezra’s YouTube page here for all segments of his appearance before the AHRC. It’s a 90-minute total view, but very much worth it.
You are a Freedom Crusader, also known as a neoconservative. You believe in taking the fight directly to the enemy, whether it’s terrorists abroad or the liberal terrorist appeasers at home who give them aid and comfort.
