re: #156 Charles

I believe there was a controversy at the time the orig post was written about Muslims being able to settle some family law types of disputes using Sharia in England. I may be misinformed. To me, it sounds like he was saying that Muslims cannot expect to follow Sharia when it conflicts with GB law, but that they could certainly advocate to change GB law to bring it into line with Sharia.

I feel Rauf does see Sharia law as a gold standard to judge other law against (Sharia compliance index, etc). I feel like a true moderate would have to be honest about the incompatibility of sharia law with a liberal modern society in terms of women’s rights and gay rights.