So much for fighting and dying for "freedom"...
Suppose it's only natural, since down south, in England, sharia courts are the latest rage in "diversity."
"Sharia courts set to bring Muslim law to bear in Scottish cities," by Shan Ross for News Scotsman, October 8:
SECRET talks are under way to bring Islamic sharia law courts to Scotland, The Scotsman has learned.Qamar Bhatti, director of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT), which runs the courts, admitted discussions were taking place with lawyers and Muslim community groups in Scotland.
The group is believed to be aiming to set up courts in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
In September it emerged that five sharia courts, ruling on civil cases from divorce to domestic violence and financial disputes, had been operating for more than a year in London, Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester and at MAT headquarters in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The courts have legal powers, with their decisions enforceable through the county courts or high courts.
However, concerns have been raised about the establishment of a "dual legal system".
Women's domestic violence groups have also voiced fears, saying traditional sharia law arbitration is "dangerous and inappropriate" in cases of abuse...
Oh Wonderful!
And now for your listening pleasure, pipes of the Royal 42nd Highland Regiment will play 'Scotland The Slave'.
...afterwhich they will go gently into the goodnight.
...afterwhich they will go gently into the good night.
Posted by: Shakey_Premise at October 8, 2008 9:19 PM
Actually, that would be Wales (Dylan Thomas being Welsh). But, all of the UK is headed that way, yes.
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."
Islam sucks.
"So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye..." as the Von Trapp family children sang as they were about to flee over the mountains from the Nazi occupation of their homeland.
It reminds me of "Braveheart" where Wallace says "They may take our lives, but they will never take our FREEDOM!" Well 700 years later it was not the English but the scourge of Mohammet's Cult who came to rape Scotland, and England, with Sharia.
SHARIA IS THE DEATH OF FREEDOM!
What a non shocking surprise. Like the cancer that it TRULY is, islam will continue to make inroads as long as the milk toast europistanians, britainistans continue to roll over and say
"oh we must have diversity and equality." Funny, those two words are not ones that exist in islam. Look at islam's shame filled history and ANYONE should be able to see that islam is evil, and built on fear, death, subjigation and the subversion of women and others that happen to be in the way, or just going about their lives. It is apparent that "FREEDOM" really did die in Scotland with William Wallace's death. Welcome to Scotistan! Your neighbors from britainistan and europistan will feel right at home now.
The vision here is that if Muslims are governed by their own laws in Britain, they will be contented and will live in amity with the non-Muslim majority.
Nothing could be more naive.
Until lapidation, amputation, and the murder of apostates is legal, until the non-Muslim majority is felt to be "subdued", until all policies of the state - including foreign policy - are synchronized with the Islamic ethos...British Muslims will be in conflict with British infidels.
I used to wish that my ancestors never left Scotland. Now I'm glad they did, but I'll bet that if anyone gives these angus-pies a run for their money it will be the Scots.
Scots, wh' hae ye?
the sasanach (the English) may have taken the dhimmi path and let sharia in the back door with these sharia courts but they imo if they try it in Scotland they will be run out of town on a caber
"... they will be run out of town on a caber."
Islamsnotforme"
If they make it to town. Hard-won freedom and identity is not likely to be easily given up.
I hope.
People just don’t know, else, they would not consider such things. How does one communicate the voracious nature of Islam to those, …uninformed let’s call them, everyday citizens, all-religions-are-the-same, god fearin’ folk, without appearing a lunatic?
Islam is different.
Sly. Dangerous. Indifferent.
Tell your friends, your family, your government. Tell them. Tell them what you know about Islam and sharia and all the gruesome minutia that comes with them. It no different than wearing one’s seat belts, by nature we protect ourselves from danger. It’s in our DNA.
Tell them. Tell them what you know.
I'm saddened but not surprised that this is happening to my homeland. The complete dominance of a debased, "unco guid" left-wing political establishment has left Scotland with no antibodies against stealth jihad.
If England's Muslims were to move north of the border en masse, they could have a Sharia state within months. Ditto Wales.
What part of, "We do not want these barbarians enforcing their Sharia in the west" does the government not understand? Will the government accept responsibility for the explosion of violence that will occur by encouraging the barbarians to live by the rules of Islam within our societies?
Here's the great Scottish poet Robert Burns on freedom:
Scots Wha Hae (this is the Anglicized version)
'Scots, who have with Wallace bled, [see picture above]
Scots, whom Bruce has often led,
Welcome to your gory bed
Or to victory!
'Now is the day, and now is the hour:
See the front of battle lower,
See approach proud Edward's power -
Chains and slavery!
'Who will be a traitor knave?
Who will fill a coward's grave?
Who's so base as be a slave? -
Let him turn, and flee!
'Who for Scotland's King and Law
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand or freeman fall,
Let him follow me!
'By oppression's woes and pains,
By your sons in servile chains,
We will drain our dearest veins
But they shall be free!
'Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty is in every blow!
Let us do or die!'
Scotland has been brought rather low since Burn's day. My Grandmother was lowland Scots. I still find this astonishing--England, Wales, and now perhaps Scotland--with the finest legal tradition in history, accepting Shari'ah, which in its "purest" form calls for cutting off the hands and feet of thieves, the murder of apostates and the stoning of rape victims.