Sharia Law in the UK

Firstly, yes we are a secular society, which is why I said we try to accommodate for all races, but as I said, we are dominated by Christianity. This is not to say that Christians can have the say over how the country is run. The UK has 3 distinct law systems: English law, Northern Ireland law and Scots law. If Sharia law were brought in it would have to be it's own distinct law system, applying only to Muslims. My main argument in this debate is that it is unethical and a move backwards as far as equality is concerned. We are a secular society. Secular and humanist views mean that everybody is treated as an equal, and everybody has the same rights as the next person. Though we are still working towards complete equality, Sharia law will not let us do this. Take homosexuals for example. Under Sharia law homosexuals will be called Kafiras and Murtadda. They will not be equal. In their own personal beliefs they may be, but under Sharia law they will be seen as infidels and apostates. They will not be allowed to marry, they will not be allowed to adopt children. Surely you can see that they will be treated as less than equal? Under Sharia law they will not even be able to have sex. Surely this is a basic human right? In Iran and Nigeria (These historical Muslim countries you mentioned) They will be put to death for sodomy. In Egypt Iraq and Aceh, they will be imprisoned and discriminated against. The UK has a new movement of LGBT Muslims, surely we can not punish them when they are just starting to get the equality they deserve? Try reading Islam and Homosexuality by Siraj Scott. You'll see it's perfectly okay to be Muslim and homosexual. And what about Muslim women? They will not be treated equally under Sharia. What if a man suspects nushuz in his wife? Will he now be allowed to beat her for being disloyal? No! This is domestic abuse! Just because Islamic law says it's okay does not mean we can let Muslim women be beaten, while white men go to prison for beating their wives. Sharia law is also discriminatory toward women when it comes to court as a woman's case is worth half as much as a mans. (http://www.unicef.org...) What about Sharia in Iran, Lebanon and Bahrain? Child marriage is perfectly acceptable. And in other countries Sharia courts have the power to overrule civil rule. Are we just going to start letting Child marriage happen again? Surely people realise this is wrong? What if a woman wants to become an imam? She will only be able to lead women in prayer while men can lead both man and woman in prayer? It is not equality. It is not justifiable. And then there is the argument of inheritance. You may say that under Sharia, women are equal when it comes to inheritance as both single and married women are perfectly okay to own their own property and women are allowed to inherit. This is all well and good, except once again there is no equality. Women inherit much less than men. These rights are detailed in the Quran. For example, if somebody has a son and a daughter, she will inherit half of whatever he gets, and has no say over this. Up until the 20th century, Islamic law did grant women more rights that Western society. Yet the west realised this and changed their law systems to include women and are now much more advanced than Islamic systems. When will Islam realise that women and children are not being treated as equals? What if somebody is born and raised Islam? Once again they will be treated as an infidel. It is a religious crime to leave Islam and they will be punished for it. This does not happen in other religions though. My uncle was baptised as a Christian, but is now a Buddhist and has not been punished once for this. What if he had have been born Muslim? Does he deserve to be punished for having his own thoughts and beliefs? And what if a person is offered to convert to Muslim? Sharia states that if they are a Kafir and reject the offer then they must be killed, enslaved or or ransomed. Last time I checked, murder and slavery are not okay any more. Once again, I would like to see what you have to say to all of this.