Another UK Bishop: Religious Communities Deserve Their Own Legal Systems

[Religious Intelligence] Religious communities should be allowed to uphold their own legal systems when they are not in conflict with human rights, the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds has said.

The Rt Rev John Packer told a debate on the rule of law in the House of Lords that it is important religious communities, including Islam, are “not denied the right to uphold ethical and moral standards where they do not infringe basic human rights”.

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