Britain adopts Sharia law. Is this true?

[Crazed Rabbit]

The article also says what these courts really are:

Under the act*, the sharia courts are classified as arbitration tribunals. The rulings of arbitration tribunals are binding in law, provided that both parties in the dispute agree to give it the power to rule on their case.

Arbitration by consent of the parties is a normal procedure, for instance among Jews in the UK. British jewish courts, so-called Beth Din, are in use every day.

* The 1996 Arbitration Act under which such courts operate.

You don't think certain classes of people might not be pressured to agree to a Sharia court for abitration?

CR

[KarlXII]

You don't think certain classes of people might not be pressured to agree to a Sharia court for abitration?

CR

Britain is not Iran.....

[Big_John]

Britain is not Iran.....

not yet.











dum DUM DUM!!

[InsaneApache]

Britain is not Iran.....

There has been cases of moslem women being told how to vote by the head (male) of the family in the city I live in. So some would undoubtably be pressured to abide by the 'courts' decision.

[KarlXII]

There has been cases of moslem women being told how to vote by the head (male) of the family in the city I live in. So some would undoubtably be pressured to abide by the 'courts' decision.

Of course there is pressure. But it's a free society, they have the option to choose not to, and they know it.

[Tribesman]

There has been cases of moslem women being told how to vote by the head (male) of the family in the city I live in.

So ? I told my wife how to vote on the last trip to the polling booth ....not that it worked though because she is English and couldn't vote in that referendum .

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

This isn't a lie.

Telegraph

[ICantSpellDawg]

I think that the Telegraph is NewsCorp as well - so it doesn't count as news just yet. Everybody knows that news doesn't happen unless CNN, BBC or Al Jazeera carries the story.

[Goofball]

Of course there is pressure. But it's a free society, they have the option to choose not to, and they know it.

Classic head in the sand attitude. If you had any idea what life was like for women in a traditional, conservative, muslim household, you would realize what crap that statement is.

I'm appalled by the responses of my fellow lefties in this thread. Allowing sharia judges to make binding enforcable rulings based on Islamic law is a huge step backward for women's rights. If this story had been identical except that it was about some kind of kangaroo Christian court making rulings, you'd all be screaming your bloody heads off.

So, instead of petty bickering about the validity of the news source, (which is simply a cowardly way of avoiding the true issue), why can't the left just step up to the plate and answer the true question here: Do you or don't you think it's a good idea to allow a bunch of bearded old men to make rulings in law based on a bunch of misogynistic ideas from centuries ago?

[ICantSpellDawg]

Classic head in the sand attitude. If you had any idea what life was like for women in a traditional, conservative, muslim household, you would realize what crap that statement is.

I'm appalled by the responses of my fellow lefties in this thread. Allowing sharia judges to make binding enforcable rulings based on Islamic law is a huge step backward for women's rights. If this story had been identical except that it was about some kind of kangaroo Christian court making rulings, you'd all be screaming your bloody heads off.

So, instead of petty bickering about the validity of the news source, (which is simply a cowardly way of avoiding the true issue), why can't the left just step up to the plate and answer the true question here: Do you or don't you think it's a good idea to allow a bunch of bearded old men to make rulings in law based on a bunch of misogynistic ideas from centuries ago?

Glad to have you on board!

[Rhyfelwyr]

Make that two lefties on board. I don't see how women could possibly aviod pressure to settle disputes in a Sharia court, even when they will clearly be prejudiced against.

Islam isn't the demon terrorist religion the right makes it out to be, but it certaintly isn't the peaceful hippie religion the left portrays it as either. As always its somewhere in-between. But equality in the eyes of the law should never be compromised.

[HoreTore]

There has been cases of moslem women being told how to vote by the head (male) of the family in the city I live in.

I've forced my father, mother and two ex-girlfriends into voting. The big deal being....?

[Strike For The South]

I've forced my father, mother and two ex-girlfriends into voting. The big deal being....?

FACIST!

[Incongruous]

I've forced my father, mother and two ex-girlfriends into voting. The big deal being....?

Uhuh...

Either you read IA wrong or you are just being selective in your understanding of what he said.

Now what IA reported seems to be a simple case of domestic issues or violence. You could have just pointed that out instead of trying to score points by writing crap.