In the sharia debate, it's crucial we uphold English common law. The alternative is a society divided along religious lines In a speech to the London Muslim Centre yesterday, Britain's most senior judge, Lord Phillips, reaffirmed the boundaries between religion and law and argued forcefully for a universal law: So far as the law is concerned, those who live in this country are governed by English and Welsh law and subject to the jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts. This was a necessary response to comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, in February in a speech at the royal courts of justice. In his speech, Williams spoke critically of the way in which the concept of citizenship is defined in England. He argued that today's citizen is: ... essentially and simply under the rule of the uniform law...
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