Sharia law 'would undermine British society'

by Andrew Porter
The Daily Telegraph
February 27, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/281/sharia-law-would-undermine-british-society

Excerpt:

Muslim Sharia law would undermine society if it was introduced in Britain, Conservative leader David Cameron said today.

His words put him at odds with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams who earlier this month suggested some element of Sharia law was unavoidable.

Mr Cameron said it would in fact lead to a "legal apartheid".

He added that "state multiculturalism" was also the wrong way to tackle integration.

He said: "I don't believe that by introducing Sharia law, we will make Muslims somehow feel more British - more content with life here and more happy to work for a common good.

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