Unshakeable Principle and 42 days

I posted a while back that we can do nothing for Zimbabwe, having lost any moral authority we had by invding Iraq. Now we have approved that citizens can be imprisoned without charge – without even knowing what they are suspected of – for six weeks. To find out the impression this will give internationally, listen to Hizb ut-Tahrir, which campaigns for the reintroduction of the Muslim Caliphate:

‘The House of Commons has approved a series of draconian measures, some of which would be condemned outright by Britain were regimes like Zimbabwe or Burma to implement them. .....these measures further push Britain's security system into a kind of 'Liberal Inquisition'.

Taji Mustafa, Media Representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain, said "Gordon Brown has not used evidence or principle to garner support for this bill, but the fear of a humiliating party political defeat. It is but the latest example of the games politicians play with security matters.
Principles that are claimed as fundamental and unshakeable, such as innocence until proven guilty, habeas corpus, and 'free speech' have been cast aside in the name of security - proving that, for liberal democracies, these are not really 'principles' at all.

In the name of security the world has seen western governments legitimise 42 days internment, rendition, torture and the gulag at Guantanomo Bay. By contrast, the Khilafah (Caliphate)... has fixed principles within its legal framework which do not change because of external provocation or political expediency. Hence the Shariah absolutely forbids torture, spying on citizens, retrospective punishments and internment without trial.'

We came to regret internment in Northern Ireland, and in my view we will come to regret this.