Feisal Abdul Rauf

Feisal Abdul Rauf

Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, an independent, non-partisan, interreligious project that works with state and non-state actors to improve Muslim-West relations. The "On Faith" panelist is author of "What's Right With Islam Is What's Right With America," (HarperCollins, 2005). He is also founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and Imam of Masjid al-Farah in New York City. Close.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

Chairman of the Cordoba Initiative.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is an author and chairman of the Cordoba Initiative. an interfaith organization. more »

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March 13, 2008 11:42 AM

Archbishop of Canterbury was Right

The recent and controversial call by Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 80 million Anglicans, for incorporation of Sharia law into British law will not be the last utterance in favor of Islamic law. Nor should it be. The addition of Sharia law to "the law of the land", in this case British law, complements, rather than undermines, existing legal frameworks. The Archbishop was right. It is time for Britain to integrate aspects of Islamic law.

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