Britain adopts Sharia law. Is this true?

[KarlXII]

1. It's a Faux News article about Islam
2. It's a Faux News article about Britain
3. It's a Faux News article

[Crazed Rabbit]

1. It's a Faux News article about Islam
2. It's a Faux News article about Britain
3. It's a Faux News article

Can you not read links?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4749183.ece

Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts
Abul Taher

ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.

The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.

Rulings issued by a network of five sharia courts are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court.

Previously, the rulings of sharia courts in Britain could not be enforced, and depended on voluntary compliance among Muslims.

It's pathetic the extent people will deny FoxNews. Sure, its not a great source, but acting as though it makes things up out of thin air is bewildering.

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

Forced marriages are a problem, if small. Women are forced into marriages. Are you saying they could not then be forced into accepting these courts?

Do you really think that won't be a problem?

Siddiqi said that in a recent inheritance dispute handled by the court in Nuneaton, the estate of a Midlands man was divided between three daughters and two sons.

The judges on the panel gave the sons twice as much as the daughters, in accordance with sharia. Had the family gone to a normal British court, the daughters would have got equal amounts.

In the six cases of domestic violence, Siddiqi said the judges ordered the husbands to take anger management classes and mentoring from community elders. There was no further punishment.

In each case, the women subsequently withdrew the complaints they had lodged with the police and the police stopped their investigations.

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I am so amazingly glad I don't live in the UK anymore.