A survey, launched as part of Donald Trump’s 2018 re-election campaign, asks supporters whether they fear the spread of Sharia law. The survey also asks a variety of questions about immigration, including legal and illegal immigration, and the so-called ‘Muslim ban’.
In his book, Reimagining Britain, Archbishop Justin Welby reasons that sharia law is incompatible with British law, which has its foundation in Christian values. However, his potentially controversial comments have received little reaction within the UK.
Sociologist Hasna Hussein recently published an op-ed in Libération discussing Salafism’s dangerous presence in young women’s literature. In June, President Macron spoke before the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) and promised to fight Daech’s propaganda and hate speech “step by step on theological grounds.” The radical jihadist ideology attracts more and more young people, notably…
The recently published independent review was set up to examine the manner in which Sharia law was being applied in conjunction with UK law, and in particular, whether it is facilitating discriminatory practices against women.
Senior Muslim Imams are creating a national body to promote an understanding of Islam that reflects British values. Qari Asim, a prominent British Imam of a Leeds mosque, said the community needs a central authority to deal with doctrinal, theological, and social issues. Asim said, “The attempt is to embed Islam in a 21st-century British context….
