These crime statitics are BS, because Britain includes robbery as a violent crime, whereas most other countries do not (USA included.)
Britain is probably just average when you take out the robbery statistic, OffWorld --- In [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 4, 2009, at 2:03 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > 1. Great Britain > > > Worry not, the Religion of Peace has established as many as 85 Sharia > Courts to bring coherence to Great Britain: > > 85 Sharia courts now operating in Britain > According to the think tank Civitas, "Among the rulings ... we find > some that advise illegal actions and others that transgress human > rights standards as they are applied by British courts." > > But to intervene would be "Islamophobic." It might "radicalize" > people. The next question is: In the course of setting up Sharia > courts, did authorities establish any process for shutting them down, > or did they assume that simply wouldn't be necessary? > > "85 sharia courts in UK, says report," from the Press Association, > June 29: > > There are as many as 85 sharia courts operating in Britain, according > to a new report.Academic Denis MacEoin, the report's author, said the > existence of the courts practising Islamic law could lead to different > legal standards being applied to Muslim and non-Muslim citizens.He > said many of the courts operate out of mosques and their rulings are > closed off to non-Muslims. > A recipe for disaster, as transparency is a key characteristic of good > government. If the courts have something to hide, there is a problem > (even beyond the problems inherent in the letter of Sharia law) that > should be investigated and exposed. > > In previous reports it was claimed there were only five sharia courts > in the UK, working in London, Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham and > Nuneaton.He said: "This is not a matter of eating halal meat or > seeking God's blessing on one's marriage. It is a challenge to what we > believe to be the rights and freedoms of the individual, to our > concept of a legal system based on what parliament enacts, and to the > right of all of us to live in a society as free as possible from > ethnic-religious division or communal claims to superiority and a > special status that puts them in some respects above the law to which > we are all bound."His report, published by the think-tank Civitas, > includes a list of previous sharia judgements which he believes give > an indication of the type of ruling being handed down by the courts > working in the UK.Among the examples quoted are laws banning a Muslim > woman from marrying a non-Muslim unless he converts to Islam and the > removal of a wife's property rights in the event of divorce.The report > states: "Among the rulings ... we find some that advise illegal > actions and others that transgress human rights standards as they are > applied by British courts." >
