Apparently so. Got up this morning, stuck the news on and that Archbishop of Canterbury bloke was advocating the introduction of Sharia law. Now anyone who reads my blog will know my position on religion (there was no one laughed louder or longer when, two days after the Archbishop of York announced his support of gay clergy men, a thunderbolt blew the roof off Yorkminster) but this ain’t about religion is it? Makes you wonder why Dr Rowan Williams’ feels it’s got anything to do with him at all. This is about UK citizens having their principals undermined at the grass roots. It’s about a foot in the door for those people who feel justified in their cause to batter other communities into becoming Muslim states. I live and work in a Muslim country. Even though I would never presume to claim my rights as a UK citizen here, I can kind of understand why my presence would cause offence to a minority of its people. That said, the majority are cool with it so I stay. That’s how things work. Governments don’t pander endlessly to the minorities, or at least they shouldn’t. The UK should take a leaf out of the Australian book. Adopting even the most marginal principals of a law that allows for the stoning of women is fundamentally wrong. Certain things shouldn’t even be debated; this is one of them as the damage that it does to race relations in our otherwise inclusive and tolerant society is immense. So Dr Williams, please shut up or you could find yourself getting that ridiculous hat knocked off by a baying crowd lobbing stones at you in the not too distant future.
2 comments:
Why Mr Tilley, if I didn't know better I'd have to say you're a homophobic old git. Good post, though. We just recently decided against introducing Sharia here in Ontario. Interestingly, the most vocal opponents were Muslin women. Hell, a lot of them came to this country to get away from it!
Had no idea that you faced the same challenges..thought it was generally us Brits who welcomed the world then asked questions later. Funny thing is though, when you do 'do the right thing' and genuinely try and help people out it can go bad very quickly if things aren't kept an eye on. Ironically, I find that in the UK its usually the white middle classes, (looking for a cause and something to do on a tuesday)that get the wrong end of teh stick and end up pissuing everybody off by championing ridiculousideals. Shut the hell up and let us normal people get on with living together, that's what I say...
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