[annalex]

Regardless of Williams' attitude in general, I agree with his statements referring to "debate about religion into public life".

Incidentally, his comment about sharia courts was misrepresented by the media.

The Archbishop made no proposals for sharia in either the lecture or the interview, and certainly did not call for its introduction as some kind of parallel jurisdiction to the civil law.

Instead, in the interview, rather than proposing a parallel system of law, he observed that "as a matter of fact certain provisions of sharia are already recognised in our society and under our law" . When the question was put to him that: "the application of sharia in certain circumstances - if we want to achieve this cohesion and take seriously peoples' religion - seems unavoidable?", he indicated his assent.

'Sharia law' - What did the Archbishop actually say?

Also see: Archbishop's Lecture - Civil and Religious Law in England: a Religious Perspective

[Islaminaction]

Please do not try and justify him. I follow the issue of Islam in the West very closely and he clearly supports the sharia courts there.

inassimilablehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3328024.ece

Islam is an ideology hellbent on world domination and will destroy Christianity if not stopped. This so called leader is a disgrace to freedom and the UK.

Sharia is barbaric and unfair to non-Muslims. This statment says it all about him.

if we are to think intelligently about the relations between Islam and British law, we need a fair amount of ‘deconstruction’ of crude oppositions and mythologies, whether of the nature of sharia or the nature of the Enlightenment”

Now the sharia courts have stepped it up a notch and have started handling criminal cases such as domestic violence. Pandora’s Box has been opened.