Want Sharia Law? Not in Our Country.

In the centre of heated debates following the mass-arrest of an alleged British-based Islamic terrorist group in early August, a Labour MP, Shahid Malik, suggested that if young Muslims are seeking sharia law, they should essentially move to a country in which sharia law is the predominant doctrine of legal governance.

Remarkably honest to the core of the established political process in the UK, Malik had condemned fellow Muslim leaders in calling for Islamic holidays and sharia (Islamic law).

Such an appeal had been proposed earlier last week, following a meeting between the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, the communities minister, Ruth Kelly and a range of Muslim leaders.

In a column in the Sunday Times, Malik espoused a fair view of the situation: “whether you are white, Asian, black, Christian, Muslim, Christian or Jew, if you don’t like where you’re living you have two choices: either you live elsewhere, or you engage in the political process, attempt to create change and ultimately respect the will of the majority.”

It was a point well accepted, and even expected in the ranks of British society, following the far-fetched requests for legislation accorded to religious minority groups.

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