"What a burkha", exclaims the Sun. And that, as my colleague Michelle Pauli notes in today's Wrap, is the attitude of all today's press to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and his suggestion that the adoption of some aspects of Islamic sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable".
He's not just a "silly old goat ... he's a dangerous threat to the nation," argues the Sun in a leader.
"Our legal system revolves around the principle of one law for all. Williams has a duty to uphold that principle. Yet he wants Muslims to have a choice over which law they follow. Williams says Muslims should be able to ignore divorce laws. Another nail in the coffin of women's rights."
The paper's columnist, Anila Baig - whose picture byline now shows her without the headscarf she used to wear in her early days at the paper - sides with aspects of Williams' speech.
"[He says] adopting parts of Islamic law would maintain social cohesion. Indeed it would - the crime rate would come right down." Ultimately, however, she suggests he's an ass.
The Telegraph believes the idea is "not as outlandish as it may first appear".
"There are already many sharia councils in this country to which Muslims turn for advice and religious sanction in matters such as divorce. Likewise, Orthodox Jews have recourse to the Beth Din over, for example, dietary laws, divorce and tenancy disputes."
Yet, the paper continues, "the problem lies in the status of the messenger and the timing of his intervention ... coming from the senior bishop in the Church of England it is vulnerable to interpretation as appeasement of Islamic extremism prompted by fear of social unrest".
