85 sharia courts in UK, says report


   * Press Association, Monday June 29 2009

There are as many as 85 sharia courts operating in Britain, according to a new report.

Academic Denis MacEoin, the report's author, said the existence of the courts practising Islamic law could lead to different legal standards being applied to Muslim and non-Muslim citizens.

He said many of the courts operate out of mosques and their rulings are closed off to non-Muslims.

In previous reports it was claimed there were only five sharia courts in the UK, working in London, Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham and Nuneaton.

He said: "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 in a society as free as possible from ethnic-religious division or communal claims to superiority and a special status that puts them in some respects above the law to which we are all bound."

His report, published by the think-tank Civitas, includes a list of previous sharia judgements which he believes give an indication of the type of ruling being handed down by the courts working in the UK.

Among the examples quoted are laws banning a Muslim woman from marrying a non-Muslim unless he converts to Islam and the removal of a wife's property rights in the event of divorce.

The report states: "Among the rulings ... we find some that advise illegal actions and others that transgress human rights standards as they are applied by British courts."

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Interesting.

So the sharia courts are handing down judgments that are illegal in English .

Who thinks the sharia courts will abide by english law ??

HAHHAHHHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAAHHAHA
fat forking chance, the intolerant swines.

As long as they don't try to enforce the illegal judgements they can get away with the silliness.

tallowood wrote on Jun 30^th, 2009 at 9:12am:

As long as they don't try to enforce the illegal judgements they can get away with the silliness.

But they can enforce the judgments. They make people sign a binding arbitration agreement which chooses sharia as the choice of law. Provided they don't go too over the top, if you choose sharia as the law for your agreement, it will be enforced in UK Courts.

Also, arguing with the local imam about enforceability is likely to mean you will end up dead.

The brits are idiots at times.

no wonder they are no longer world leaders in anything.