Sharia Law Already Recognized by British Courts…..

Nothing we didn't already know, but an interesting article from of all places, the LA Times…..

For British Muslims, many of whom have one foot in Piccadilly Circus and the other in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Somalia, the British legal system is available, as it is to all. But it is singularly impotent when it comes to civil issues such as marriage, divorce and other disputes whose dispensation in heaven is often perceived as more crucial than any ruling that might be handed down by an English judge in a horsehair wig.

...Little known to the general public, though, is that Sharia is quietly being applied every day in Britain, via Sharia councils that dispense Islamic civil justice in more than half a dozen mosques across the country.

The councils do not involve themselves in criminal law or any aspects of civil law in which they would be in direct conflict with British civil codes. The vast majority of their cases cover marriage and divorce. By consent of all parties, they may also arbitrate issues of property, child custody, housing and employment disputes, though their rulings are not binding unless submitted to the civilian courts.

"It is known that English judges are willing to accept agreements like this that are reached in Sharia courts, as long as it has been put into proper form," said Mohammed Siddique, a paralegal who advises the Sharia council in Dewsbury, in northern England, on the technicalities of British law.

"It saves time and hassle for the court, and it shows that both parties are willing to compromise and reach some sort of agreement."

.....Under many interpretations of Islamic law, men can easily obtain a divorce -- known as talaq -- by simply declaring their intention three times. A woman, however, usually needs the pronouncement of a Muslim judge who is a scholar in the field of Islamic jurisprudence.

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Comments

[Poopyhead]

The amazing thing about this is how clueless politicians and judges are about sharia when they actually implement it. These people might as well try doing brain surgery because they'd be just as good at that-but at least brain surgery wouldn't affect an entire nation.

[PK]

Unfortunately, the UK courts probably view this under a simple "freedom to contract" principal. Arbitration is often preferred to litigation. What they don't understand is that Sharia and its adherents will not stop with internal family squabbles. This is only the camel's nose in the tent, so to speak.

Britain is lost.

[Elric66]

Its really hard to read this stuff everyday and not come to the conclusion the UK is lost forever.

[adam]

One Billion that is a Billion with a "B" practice Sharia law around the World & has been doing so for Centuries. According to your narrow
minded comments they should be lost too or may be it is the camel's nose in the tent for thousands of Years. How naive?

[Elric66]

Adam,

Do you support laws that oppress certain groups of people and women?

[Elric66]

Whats with these multicultural idiots that do drive by posting so not here to defend their idiotic statements?