Letters From A Tory Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others.

Dear Ulrich Schluer,
It’s not often that a Swiss politician makes international headlines but you’ve certainly opened a can of political worms over the referendum that your country held yesterday on banning the building of minarets.  The proposal was backed by the Swiss People’s Party – the largest party in parliament - which you are part of, as the SPP claims [...]

“Al shabaab forced us to wear their type of veil and now they order us to shake our breasts.”
- a Somalian resident called Halima, speaking to Reuters after it emerged that the hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras – which they say violate Islam by constituting a deception.  The insurgent [...]

Dear Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT),
Your propoganda mission in support of sharia courts in Britain continues unabated.  Today, The Times reports on your claims that 5% of Sharia court cases involved non-Muslims who were using the courts because they were less cumbersome and more informal than the English legal system.  While you seem to take some pride from [...]

“This is not a matter of eating halal meat or seeking God’s blessing on one’s marriage. It is a challenge to what we believe to be the rights and freedoms of the individual, to our concept of a legal system based on what parliament enacts, and to the right of all of us to live [...]

The recent news that Sharia law is already allowed to operate inside the UK left me absolutely fuming.  As if that wasn’t bad enough, I now find out that Sharia law is attacking some of the greatest and most prominent figures of the 20th century.

Dear Ann Cryer,
As a lesser known Labour MP, you were probably quite chuffed to find yourself in the news today.  After campaigning for the rights of Muslim women for many years, you must be delighted that married Muslim couples will now have equal rights for the first time – a move which is described as [...]

Dear Philip Davies,
I’m so glad that among all these nutters, you have managed to isolate the core issue in the debate over introducing sharia law into the UK.  No doubt the comments made by Lord Phillips, Lord Chief Justice, about the feasability of allowing some aspects of Sharia law into the UK will have Daily [...]

Dear Devil’s Kitchen,
As a regular reader of your blog I am fairly used to the colourful language that you use.  However, your description of the unbelievably stupid remarks by Dr Rowan Williams about Sharia Law was the first time when I’ve actually felt like using the same language as you.
Like everyone else, I’m used to [...]