Daily Blog Buzz: Sharia in the UK?

(H/T to Allahpundit, who asks, “Which type of shari’a, the good-crazy or the bad-crazy, does this little arrangement fall under?”) Pointing us to another report from the London Times, Vodkapundit tells the British to “please put down that tea cup and compose a note to kindly inform Her Majesty that her Church has gone bonkers.” Bryan Preston has a video clip of some of the Archbishop’s remarks, and says that Williams is “said to be ‘horrified’ by the reaction to his saying that perhaps it’s time to let sharia become a parallel legal system in Britain. He’s evidently more horrified for being criticized than he is at the prospect of sharia becoming one of the laws of his land.” Glenn Reynolds adds, “It’s interesting, however, that Rowan Williams need have no fear for his personal safety after saying that Sharia is inevitable in England, while had he said bad things about Sharia the reverse would have been true.” Captain Ed remarks, “The Archbishop forgot that Britain operates under a representative government, not a theocracy. The adoption of shari’a would obliterate that system and place the UK under the thumb of imams — a prospect that even British Muslims find distasteful.” Roger Kimball agrees, reminding us: “The rule of law is is not a lifestyle choice: it is not something you can opt out of if you happen to have alternative inclinations.” But, as Mike Pechar at the Jawa Report points out, sharia courts are already operating in Britain, and he asks, “how does the Islamic Kingdom of Britain sound?” More on that from Stanley Kurtz at the Corner, discussing the British government’s recent “secret decision to recognize foreign polygamous marriages.” As Drew at Ace of Spades says, “it’s almost impossible to believe that the United Kingdom is the ancestral home of the freedoms we and most free nations enjoy.”