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To: x_plus_one

“like in Britain that now holds sharia courts as equal to British common law”

No, it doesn’t.


46 posted on 10/24/2012 9:52:30 AM PDT by Natufian (t)
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Islamic sharia law courts in Britain are exploiting a little-known legal clause to make their verdicts officially binding under UK law in cases including divorce, financial disputes and even domestic violence.

A new network of courts in five major cities is hearing cases where Muslims involved agree to be bound by traditional sharia law, and under the 1996 Arbitration Act the court's decisions can then be enforced by the county courts or the High Court.

Officials behind the new system claim to have dealt with more than 100 cases since last summer, including six involving domestic violence which is a criminal rather than civil offence, and said they hoped to take over growing numbers of 'smaller' criminal cases in future.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1055764/Islamic-sharia-courts-Britain-legally-binding.html

These people think they do.

71 posted on 10/24/2012 1:25:12 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Leaving Islam?...http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/leave-islam/)
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