he felt more bound by the traditional law of his birth than by the laws of his adopted country. "Us Somalis, wherever we are in the world, we have our own law," he said. "It's not sharia, it's not religious — it's just a cultural thing."
Not British culture of course, which is where this is taking place. So much for people coming to Britain out of respect for its culture and traditions, including that of English Common Law that was adopted by so many all over the world, now a barrister warns that "there would be a formal network of Muslim courts within a decade."
At the same time as the UK unravels at the seams, Tony Blair has written to a black community newspaper, New Nation, that Britain's role in the slave trade was "shameful." Next year is the bicentenary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade, when it used its Royal Navy to actively fight the practice, and according to Blair: ‘[T]he bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was, but also to express our deep sorrow that it ever happened.’As Iraq continues to become more and more chaotic, and the management of the NHS back in England become more a fi\ocus of concern, it is reassuring to know that Blair is against a practice that was abolished nearly 200 years ago. By the way, I remember when he had also 'reflected' on the deaths caused by the Irish Potato Famine whatever that meant...