De som vil innføre islamsk sharia-lovgivning i britiske byer eller bydeler, får finne seg et annet sted å bo, sier lederen for den britiske kommisjonen mot rasediskriminering, Trevor Philips. Uttalelsen falt i et TV-intervju i forbindelse med hysteriet rundt Muhammed-tegningene for noen uker siden.

Sir Trevor rejected the idea that British Muslims should be allowed to live under Shariah law in their own communities. «I don’t think that’s conceivable,» he said. «We have one set of laws. They are decided on by one group of people, members of parliament, and that’s the end of the story. Anybody who lives here has to accept that’s the way we do it. If you want to have laws decided in another way, you have to live somewhere else.»

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