Posted by
"Mind and Morals" Michael Coyne on Monday, September 15, 2008 5:00:00 PM
There is trouble brewing in Britain. Apparently, the British
Government has caved into a policy of appeasement in the form of adopting
Sharia Law to govern Muslim citizens. This effectively creates a parallel legal
system in Britain; one in which women will be punished for divorce and Muslim
men who engage in domestic violence will likely be protected. The original
story can be found here.
Let’s ignore for a moment the fact that the new parallel
courts will enforce fundamental Muslim law, and focus on the new breed of chaos
that will result from having two different sets of courts both demanding
recognition. Anarchy will now govern British Muslims because they will now be
able to fight criminal prosecutions on grounds of jurisdiction. They will
claim, even with criminal proceedings, that they are only accountable to civil
Sharia law. With this advent, the British government has placed its Muslim
population on a self-destruct course.
Getting on to the laws that they will be enforcing, Muslim
doctrine claims that, among other things, women are subservient to men and even
violence in the name of Allah is justified. Across the US and Britain, Islamic
domestic violence—and even so-called “honor killing”—is becoming an unreported
epidemic. Now, the offenders will have legal protection in the British system.
Despicable.
Financial disputes and divorces will also eternally end in
favor of male domination, and British Muslim women will now enter into a new
age of oppression. Imagine if such a system entered the US. Such a revelation
would be downright dangerous. No government could adequately function with two
separate, parallel court systems. Even if those systems only govern citizens of
one specific faith.
Britain cannot claim to be a free Nation if this sort of law
is put into place. Britain is in danger. Appeasement to any one religious group
will inevitably cause confusion, corruption, and chaos. One set of laws must
govern a country, not two sets of laws. Imagine if Christians demanded to
answer only to the officials of their churches. No free democratic system can
function in accordance with theocratic courts. History has repeatedly proven
that theocracy is doomed to fail. Especially if that theocracy runs parallel to
the actual government of a sovereign nation.
Here’s hoping that freedom will continue in Britain, and
that these courts will not have power for long.