Mere Rhetoric: We're Going To Miss Westminster Abbey - Sharia Courts Established In Britain

We haven't done a post on how much we're going to miss Britain in almost a week. We mean this without sarcasm: we are not looking forward to the day when lunatic Islamists finally get around to rampaging through Westminster. Here's how bad things are going, the first two courtesy of various watches that Robert Spencer maintains:

* Sharia courts already operating in Britain:

This presents the British authorities with an opportunity to reassert the fact that all in Britain must abide by British law: they could move decisively to shut down these courts, and to criminalize Sharia in Britain. Will they do any of that? Probably not... Muslim radicals have established their own draconian court systems in Britain. Controversial Sharia courts have been set up in major towns and cities to impose Islamic law and enable Muslims to shun the legitimate British legal system. Last night religious leaders and politicians expressed outrage that Sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in our society. Critics insisted that the Government is allowing a two-tier legal system to flourish in the name of political correctness and that the authority of UK justice is being undermined.

* UK Muslim: "We definitely want to see Sharia law in place here":

"Muslims Stage Demo Outside Police Station," from Life Style Extra... Dozens of angry demonstrators branded Tony Blair a "terrorist" while carrying banners stating "Sharia Law - the future, free our Muslim brothers" and "Crusade against Islam"... Mr Islam said: "We definitely want to see Sharia law in place here. We want to see it implemented for everyone. Only then will there be harmony and there will be peace and justice amongst mankind."... Unless you happen to be a woman or a non-Muslim.

* And in case you were wondering how British journalists are choosing between confrontation and appeasement, here's another article about execrable Journalists boycott of Israel. This one identifies the journalists' moral cowardice partly as an attempt to make nice with the radical Muslims in their midst. In addition to latent anti-Semitism and fashionable European leftism (is there a difference any more?), it's probably not far from the mark.

* MR reader Dheeraj emailed us this scholarly article on British anti-Zionism in this month's Covenant, the "Global Jewish Magazine". Conclusion: everything old is new again. Except more vicious, and with better media coverage.

References:
* Sharia courts already operating in Britain [Dhimmi Watch]
* UK Muslim: "We definitely want to see Sharia law in place here" [Jihad Watch]
* Hacks or Flacks? [Foundation For Defense of Democracies]
* British Anti-Zionism Then and Now [Covenant]

Previously:
* British Muslim Leaders Issue Manifesto Calling For "Resistance"
* Global Jihadists Will Take Any Excuse To Kill Infidels
* They Were Never Really All That Different Anyway

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers