‘You can’t have TWO laws!’ Former Bishop BLASTS Government for even considering Sharia law
A GOVERNMENT inquiry into Sharia law in the UK has been blasted as a politically correct whitewash by an expert called to the investigating committee. The Right Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, blasted the Government’s ongoing inquiry into the Islamic law system.
He warned Sharia law is COMPLETELY incompatible with the British justice system and that the Government is wasting its time investigating its legitimacy. In written evidence to the Commons Home Affairs committee he said the investigation, put forward by Prime Minister Theresa May during her time as Home Secretary, could even jeopardise the entire justice system in the UK.
Part of the committee’s investigation looks at the possibility of running a twin-track justice system – with Islamic Sharia law sitting alongside the existing British justice system.
But Dr Nazir-Ali said: “It asks whether the ‘application’ of Sharia is incompatible with English law, when it should be asking whether Sharia itself is incompatible with English law. “If Sharia is recognised in any way in terms of the public law, it will introduce a principle of contradiction in the body of the law, which will cause enormous problems.”
Critics argue Sharia law is incompatible with democracy, as well as in breach of human rights
Dr Nazir-Ali also criticised the make-up of the investigation panel, which does not include any non-Muslim experts on Islam.
Professor Mona Siddiqui, who is heading the inquiry, has promised the inquiry will be “wide ranging, timely and thorough.”