Archbishop of Canterbury Calls for "Constructive Accommodation" of Sharia into British Law

The spiritual leader of the Anglican church "said on Thursday the introduction in Britain of some aspects of sharia, Islamic law, was unavoidable." While his intentions were surely aimed at finding a way to coexist peacefully with a rising Muslim population, the reality is that Sharia is the basis for law in such shining examples of human rights as Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan under the Taliban. Whatever its merits, any system of law that allows men to beat their wives and executes adulterers and homosexuals does not belong among the jursiprudence of Western civilization.

In 2003 and 2004, the European Court of Human Rights ruled "that sharia s incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy." In the unfortunately growing trend of European liberals willing to snap to the most unmoderate of Islamic demands, the Archbishop of Canterbury is applying yet another nail in Europe's coffin.

When the future Dhimmis of Europe look back at how they ended up as second-class citizens in their societies, they'll think about well-intentioned individuals like the Archbishop of Canterbury.