seen 150 faith in at who does do
What I see here are some pretty big leaps but they all stem from a shaky staring position
The Muslim clothing episode you describe was not a 'minor concession', but as I explained in my previous (but one) post (perhaps you missed the embedded text), an example where existing UK law was upheld. Therefore it is hardly a 'thin edge of the wedge'. My opinion after reading the BBC article, is that the school should never have gone to court fighting a case they couldn't win, and it was a waste of public money doing so.
This is why I make the comment of being on shaky ground to start with as your argument is based on one concession leading to another. I whole heatedly agree that local laws should be upheld, and changed through democratic means. This is fully in line with my comments on your example case.
Muslim law is extreme. Will it happen here? I don't see it with the current demographics. Birth rates in the UK, even among Muslims are relatively low and as each generation of Muslims and other religions become 2nd and 3rd generation Brits, historically higher birth rates will fall to that of the 2.2 children that is the norm in the UK. I doubt if the overall distribution of Muslims to Hindus to Christians will change significantly unless there is a *major* disruptive influence. Immigration will have a minor impact on this, if any thing we are likely to see more immigration-migration from Eastern Europe (predominantly Christian) than Muslims in the foreseeable future.
I like to think that with each generation we can achieve better harmony and a more tolerant relationship across race-religion and that the UK can lead the world in having a fully inclusive-integrated society.
Basically for these reasons, I do not have the same fears for the future that you have, far from it.
Q
