A quote from the Italian press agency AKI, 15 February 2008

Islamic courts must be ruled out in Britain and other Western countries if the democratic rights of all their citizens are to be safeguarded, Iranian born activist Homa Arjomand, told Adnkronos International (AKI). […] She strongly disagreed with remarks made earlier in February by the head of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who claimed that Islamic (Sharia) courts in Britain seemed "inevitable" and could aid "social cohesion".

Arjomand told AKI that adopting Sharia courts, promoting Islamic schools and Islamic centres would be giving in to political Islam. She said such courts would deny immigrant women equality with men and increase discrimination towards them, as well as the religious and racial segregation of minorities. […] "No rights should be taken away due to cultural sensitivity - we need to draw a line and say so when religious law compromises women's rights," said Arjomand.

She is against multiculturalism and cultural relativity, which further divides society into cultural and religious groups, and "leaves people at the mercy of their own culture." There is a political agenda behind Williams' remarks," Arjomand argued. "It is this: allow the Islamists some freedom and segregate them from us."