Threats made against British Bishop who said Islamic extremism has created no-go areas in the United Kingdom

Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of RochesterBy Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
Saturday, February 2, 2008

ROCHESTER, ENGLAND (ANS) — A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism in Britain has turned some communities into no-go areas for non-Muslims has received threats against himself and his family.
 
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, said last month non-Muslims may find it hard to live or work in some areas.

Now he says he has received threats which have been reported to police. Police in Kent said it was aware of the situation but could not comment on matters of personal security.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph on January 6, Dr Nazir-Ali said there had been a worldwide resurgence of Islamic extremism, leading to young people growing up alienated from the country they lived in. (more…)

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Sharia Law Spreading In Britain

BritainSource: BBC Radio 4

Islamic law is becoming the law of the land in select pockets of Britain.
Though sharia law-the Islamic code of justice-has no legal authority in Britain, some Muslims are sidestepping the English criminal justice system in order to have their cases tried by Islamic judges. “Sharia courts now operate in most larger cities,” said Patrick Sookhdeo, director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity. “Different sectarian and ethnic groups operate their own courts that cater to their specific needs according to their traditions.” Sookhdeo calls these sharia councils an “alternative parallel unofficial legal system.” (more…)

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Londonistan Calling

Vanity Fair Photoby Christopher Hitchens June 2007.

The London neighborhood of the author’s youth, Finsbury Park, is now one of the breeding grounds for a new phenomenon: the British jihadist. How did a nation move from cricket and fish-and-chips to burkas and shoe-bombers in a single generation?  This article by Christopher Hitchens discusses the disturbing radicalisation of young Muslims in Britain, suggesting that some kind of a show-down is inevitable:
Will Britain become an Islamic society regulated by the shari’a, or will it fight for its right not to become one. Further Photos (more…)

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