Is London Becoming "more Islamic Than Many Muslim Countries Put Together" ?

[Khandro]

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10124/london-mosques-churches

[mikey4444]

Rowlocks Khandro.

[emmie]

not so much as you would think, however there are plenty of areas in the capital that don't look or feel like London, at least the capital i know and love dearly.

[emmie]

Chief Justice Lord Phillips, also suggested that the English law should "incorporate" elements of sharia law.

no we shouldn't, this is the trouble, and causes major divisions, i don't believe in Sharia courts, or Jewish for that matter, nor faith schools of any hue. People should be integrating not cherry pick the laws, way of life you want.

[woofgang]

oh another unbiased website.

[emmie]

is it biased??

[Khandro]

woofgang; How can facts be "biased"; 423 new mosques and 500 closed churches, sharia courts in the capital, and a Muslim mayor?

[naomi24]

I wouldn't say more Islamic than many Muslim countries put together - but more Islamic, yes.

[emmie]

we currently have 432 mosques and growing, and over 1,000 churches, admittedly many may be closing i don't know. this was gleaned from a website i looked at just recently.

[Jackdaw33]

Why single out London? Plenty of other places are getting just the same.

[emmie]

i am as concerned by the number of pubs that are closed in the capital, huge numbers and going fast.

[naomi24]

I’m wondering if people who instantly say ‘Rowlocks’ to this suggestion only ever visit the bright lights of the West End? They don’t appear to have taken a bus ride from Aldgate along the Whitechapel Road, and through Mile End, Stratford, and Leyton - or if they have, I can only imagine they slept throughout the journey.

[ladybirder]

JD it mentions lots of other places, unfortunately. Bradford, Leeds, Birmingham, Dewsbury, Leicester, Derby, Liverpool, Luton et al.

[hereIam]

The building of mosques in my country should stop forthwith !! But, I fear it's too late ...

[emmie]

so not just the capital. I was surprised at Luton being so multi cultural or in some parts being quite mono cultural.

[emmie]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260067/White-Britons-minority-Leicester-Luton-Slough-Birmingham-set-follow-end-decade.html

[woofgang]

there are no sharia courts. There is no sharia law in the UK. People choose to be bound by sharia law or not.

[woofgang]

sorry badly worded. People choose to be bound by sharia requirements or not.

[emmie]

Sharia councils then, that is how its worded in the website i just accessed. I don't honestly believe that we should have Sharia anything, there no protection for women, no protection under British law, and there should be one law not cherry pick as i said before.

[emmie]

some useful info

https://fullfact.org/law/uks-sharia-courts/

[tiggerblue10]

I live in South London which is probably one of the most multi-cultural areas in the UK. I know of only one largish Mosque in Croydon which I have been inside but there are many churches still around. There are a few Islamic centres dotted around as well.

I wouldn't say its more Islamic although the area I live has more West Indian and Asian shops than anything else.

I'm sure I saw something on the news a couple of years ago showing an area where only Muslims could frequent and a no go area for anyone else. Even the police were unwelcome and felt uncomfortable going in.