Readers will recall the Archbishop of Canterbury’s February lecture on sharia law. Now the Lord Chief Justice of England has given a lecture on the same topic. Update On the Archbishop of Canterbury’s website Welcome for Lord Chief Justice Remarks on Sharia Law The Lord Chief Justice’s speech is online Equality before the Law Patrick Wintour and Riazat Butt in The Guardian Sharia law could have UK role, says lord chief justice Britain’s most senior judge reopened one of the most highly charged debates in Britain last night when he said he was willing to see sharia law operate in the country, so long as it did not conflict with the laws of England and Wales, or lead to the imposition of severe physical punishments. Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times Case dismissed: Lord Chief Justice lays down law on Sharia Britain’s most...
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