Free Republic

In 2008, while arguing for the need to formally introduce Sharia law into the law of the United Kingdom, the Archbishop of Canterbury claimed Sharia law was “inevitable” in the UK . He denied it was an “alien” system and called for “constructive accommodation” of Muslim law. He did this in a calculated and provocative manner, while denying a place for its more “extreme punishments.” It is unlikely that many members of the Muslim community would be satisfied with an Anglican primate determining the limitations of the Quran and Sharia law. This argument was rapidly followed by the Lord Chief...

Palestinian election officials have given voting rights to a jailed militant accused of ordering the killing of an Israeli minister, in a move Israel called a sign that Palestinian democracy was badly flawed. Palestinian poll officials said on Monday they signed up Ahmed Saadat, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, because they were trying to reach all eligible voters and he had not been convicted by a Palestinian court. But a senior Israeli official called the registration of Saadat "a mark of how corrupt this system is." "A society that is governed by terrorists and a...

The US is putting pressure on the Palestinian Authority to include outgoing Security Minister Muhammad Dahlan and Information Minister Nabil Amr in the new cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qurei. PA officials said the Americans have made it clear that they would like to see Dahlan and Amr serving in key positions in Qurei's cabinet. Last week, US special envoy to the Middle East John Wolf warned that Washington would not deal with a cabinet that is fully controlled by PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. Dahlan and Amr are closely associated with former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned earlier this...