This just goes to show what the indigenous brits think of US(muslims). Dont be in any doubt or under any false illusion that they see you as ‘ordinary’ and no different to them. They might be all polite and courteous and fair to your face. But dont be in any doubt, if they know you are a muslim they see you as the ENEMY!

Firstly, Muslims are often accused of being ready to explode at the very point Islam is questioned, or its Faith, laws etc. Muslims exploded at the speech made by the Pope with some cursory remark referring to Islam using quote from a century old crusader. There have been many debates about how Muslims are too easily offended and angered. The question now is though, is it only Musilms who are offended easily? Dr William Rowan’s speech where he simply suggested the idea of introducing shariah laws to work alongside the existing judiciary to accomodate Muslims wasn’t taken lightly at all. The media has been sensationalising it and the response has been totally uncalled for.. for example, BBC alone received over 1000 angry comments within 24 hrs of reporting it. So it is not only Muslims who are easily offended, even the so called rational westerners are easily offended when their very laws are being commented upon by one of their own.

Secondly, the implementation of Shariah in Britain is a chimera. But what we are talking about here is in spheres of personal law which should have absolutely no impact on society at all. Most Muslim countries despite the secularisation, certain areas are still governed according to shariah, such as marriages, divorce and so on. There are already shariah courts and mosques who deal with marriages and divorces but without State recognition there is no set procedure to organise this.

Also there are reports suggesting that Islamic banking can withstand recessions and economic disaster currently faced by the US. Furthermore, Islamic products are already the most talked about thing in UK financial sector. I work in the Financial sector and it is normal for me to share lift with directors coming straight out of the conference room holding big black folders labelled ‘Madharabah’, ‘Mushtarika’ and so on…. words which they probably can’t even pronounce. In fact, there is a conference being organised in UK to promote Islamic bonds and other financial products (which have a big question mark…if they are even islamic) fully supported by Mr Brown because there is a lot of money in the Golf which they want their hands on to aid the idea of turning UK into financial capital of the world.

So whether people like it or not, the Shariah in its partial format is being introduced anyway, but will it ever be implemented alongside the British judiciary? even the idea of it is a big drama. The real issue here is that Britain is about to face economic recessions and this type of attack on Muslims will serve as a long term distraction.