Susan, I’ve no idea if the article in the telegraph is 100% accurate or not, maybe it is, maybe the newspaper is misrepresenting the facts because it has an agenda and it knows what its readers like to read, it wouldn’t be the first time.
What I do no for A FACT is that the area in question is not a ‘no-go area’ for non-muslims because I have been there on many occassions myself, have you?? No, I thought not. It is predominantly Asian and most of those Asians are muslim but if you took the time to move away from your keyboard and venture into the real world for a few moments, you would see plenty of non-muslims walking down Alum Roack Road, doing their shopping, going about their daily business.
Even if the story is 100% accurate, it just proves that 1 policeman is an idiot.
It is difficult to take anything you say seriously when you claim to know exactly how 1.2 billion people around the world think and what their motives and opinions are despite not personally knowing any of them. You will have to forgive me for being sceptaical of your claims and preferring the evidence I see first hand in my life.
And yes, it is quite clear that there are no sharia courts in the UK. There are Sharia based arbitration systems for civil matters such as inheritance, dispute resolution etc, just as there are jewish arbitration systems for civil matters that people can choose to use if both parties agree. In fact arbitration can use any set of principles if both parties agree, this is nothing new. You can even find a similar set-up in Texas.
