In 2008, while arguing for the need to formally introduce Sharia law into the law of the United Kingdom, the Archbishop of Canterbury claimed Sharia law was “inevitable” in the UK . He denied it was an “alien” system and called for “constructive accommodation” of Muslim law. He did this in a calculated and provocative manner, while denying a place for its more “extreme punishments.”
In the News
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December 11th, 2011
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December 11th, 2011
LAGOS, Nigeria - (AP) -- Three bomb attacks blamed on a feared radical sect killed one person and wounded 11 others in a volatile central Nigerian city, an official said Sunday.
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December 10th, 2011
In this blog I explain why I believe 98% of abortions in Britain are now illegal and why doctors who authorise or perform them are committing a criminal offence. This is a long post so if you would like to read my conclusions first then skip to the summary at the end.
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December 10th, 2011
Islamic factions jockeying for position from out of the ashes of the Arab Spring are posing an increased threat to Middle East Christians, an international human rights group contends.
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December 10th, 2011
The number of people admitted to hospital due to drinking has doubled in the past eight years, figures have revealed.
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December 10th, 2011
The Government was slammed last night for refusing to support a group of Christians fighting for their rights in the European courts.
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December 9th, 2011
BRIGHTON, UK, December 8, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Pregnancy Advisory (BPAS) has accused a lively pro-life group in Brighton of being “immoral” for their use of graphic images in demonstrations outside an abortion facility. But the group responds that after 40-plus years of perpetual winter their work has finally started to loosen the pro-abortion grip on the public debate.
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December 9th, 2011
The case of Geraldine McClelland, the BBC producer with ravaging cancer who took herself off to Switzerland for an assisted suicide, is desperately sad.
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December 9th, 2011
ARAB commentators have been as surprised as international ones at the overall success of Islamic groups in the first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt.
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December 8th, 2011
The Occupy movement has become the latest to use the slogan "what would Jesus do?", something that has been questioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. But where did the slogan come from and is there ever an answer to the question posed, asks Stephen Tomkins.