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Allan Craig former member parliament and the United Kingdom.
What can slow commerce -- -- the United Kingdom.
And someone has been very active in the United Kingdom.
About the hall Islamist.
Culture Islam is -- multiculturalism in Great Britain.
Your head of the mega mosque no thanks campaign what does that.
Well Lebanese out of London -- -- -- about a mile from the many in the Olympic Stadium memorabilia.
London in just a couple months time.
Miles map.
-- sort of about a mile from a plot of land about a -- because well for some years now.
But -- secretive.
South Asian Islamist organization called -- -- -- map which he wrote a photo.
But it's the most successful Islamic missionary.
Organization the -- And they planned to build a global headquarters that that's for the kind of do make a version of I'm gonna have a 40000 capacity -- They've downsized event but I still plan to have a very -- most and I believe in the local campaign to try and stop us.
I used the senate report says tomorrow against Muslims -- -- -- mosques have been pretty good about freedom democracy freedom of religion and so on.
At the fundamental -- Absolutely -- But this particular loss -- this particular group behind him that by fundamental to seek to Guam to receive a website now the mega mosque -- thanks let's say it starts -- -- but that's okay so you know against Islam.
Irsay pitcher against this -- -- -- happen at this month it's going to be there.
Well is that they wanted a -- we'll have cordless they've had their eyes on London as well Metallica for a long time.
They've had three.
-- want a centrist South Asia where they come from.
As -- and whether it's India Pakistan on Bangladesh.
And another headquarters for them as Mecca.
And -- and that's the equivalent courses -- want to loan limit otherwise among them for a long time.
And there are many very fundamentalist Muslims say that long ago Islamic and actually you're we're -- -- as well as little Bellwether.
Honestly think that they're trying to change you're from being Catholic Christian Protestant great Britain and some are very fact convert to Islam.
Number I think religious thing because I get sufficient weight to a sufficient -- they can Begin to significant impact.
The whole society -- signs of it already.
Impacted for example it's -- well it's already.
Let's picture colts I'm working with a member there wasn't Syria partly how the guys at the -- and great Britain and they Vera that's the court system right -- your sister rear -- -- the court is an Islamic -- That's purely for Muslims and Islamic -- it can be set up fairly informed at a Moscow group of mosques and we have.
And that purpose is to.
Award -- -- -- -- -- old commercial real -- to the Muslim community.
Times -- -- many ways a parallel legal system.
Within the United Kingdom so we argued that in the United Kingdom those by multiple people -- know what shall religion what -- background -- But the -- -- male female won multiple people.
Bushel real law is a parallel system to this in the amount -- alive or more should -- -- and Muslim communities up and down the United Kingdom.
Which.
Should be you can choose -- I'm going to -- -- -- -- for this parking tech head artists.
-- been accused of robbery and then it got to where I choose to go to what you -- -- -- British -- You can do for certain things the other tend not to do a parking tickets -- hoping -- there will there was divorce signaled -- would tell accustomed to it though there will do with domestic violence break up refinements that real there with.
Commercial disputes.
They will do the whole range of things predominantly from the masses to -- some child custody and stone temple -- violence.
-- of -- they'll tend to do with those sort of issues of the moment -- when they do.
If you're gonna if you go to Islamic countries like Pakistan or Afghanistan on the trickle through deliberate that we do with -- -- -- -- there with capital punishment issues and revenues.
But but build in the UK and open in -- yet.
So the growth that some -- problem and it is such.
Intrinsic to Islamic law is transit to show real goal is.
Discrimination against women.
It's built him.
For instance if you want -- -- real.
Husband if your husband wants to the vols from you you can say the word I divorce -- which is Arabic is product -- -- consent three times and then you all the bolts.
But we recognize -- here colts.
If -- woman you want to pull your husband you have got -- -- and expensive legal process within Islamic courts you know -- get -- divorce.
For the release of discrimination.
Aspect built -- -- -- -- And the reason why I'm helping a particular member of the British parliament -- Caroline Cox impossible she has a little going through British parliament.
The purpose of which is trying to deal with an impact should -- -- -- particularly -- area where they discriminate against women against most of them.
And that is what we're -- to the.
So in other words somebody is arrested for domestic violence some man -- hepatitis and so -- -- can say I don't want to be heard.
I don't wanna go to British court system -- British they have this and I wanted to wish -- record and I'll live with whatever penalty I guess.
-- who of course is that -- penalty.
-- what what is.
More like it's and that's sort of situation is that they hospital want to live -- -- Muslim community.
And the family if there's trouble -- we've -- from the -- the family the next couple neighbors of people around the people of local -- they'll say.
You're not gonna go elsewhere you this -- be dealt with -- Islamic.
So -- thing to do is go to local and not set until literally stuck at probably thinks that they that would keep the base out of it and -- it -- -- And he goes to local imam and what moment would happen -- he would tell -- -- probably about frequently happens throughout the evidence is.
-- is told to go back and the vehicle blocked a hospital.
Sometimes they -- organized anger management policies of the but it for the husband.
But basically the thing is being built against the -- it will cost them money if she goes from the local -- -- -- Now one -- the worrying fact.
Practice these tests that have been buffalo -- -- happy and someone's web by even the British police the -- pollutants.
Will acknowledge the role of Schourek colts have been a case but since in the Turkish Muslim community in both of them.
Whereby those violence between members of the Turkish community.
And Mendoza and the police got involved -- them as the Turkish community.
Muslim and he went for -- and said we can deal with this within our own community we have ever -- sanctions so we don't need these involvement.
And actually so we're told them and that the -- -- them okay you can do without the commitment.
And then within those -- -- -- have a -- available to.
But the problem better than there was a lot of that yet there was a secular elements are better.
But it's a new development well by the British some legal system stands -- it's the stepping back and say okay there was this record mission -- And yet the British prime minister I'm Angela Merkel of Germany the French president have all come out and said -- we tried multiculturalism.
And it hasn't work so what is seen.
What is just you know what -- Look youngsters we -- to be a vulnerable discriminate you know what what we're doing now problem is we've we've we've for so long aloud what I call silent Bob mulch for the multi cultural McGraw well but.
Different communities do what they wanted to record the -- cultural background.
Without any intervention by the and UK authorities they do what they want to do we -- -- grown as a must become intrinsic.
-- difficulty will be to get inside those silos -- a separate silos and say actually.
There -- British values which we value and actress if you do what you know of except we -- do now to integrate more within British society.
Okay quite difficult to do but it's got to be done.
All right well thank you so much for joining us and explaining something I think most Americans have no idea excess.
That there is.
