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What on Earth is going on here?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4749183.ece
And on the other hand...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...692/What-can-sharia-courts-do-in-Britain.html
So who's making stuff up, and what is really going on? Perhaps, some of our British members can shed more reliable light on the matter.
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.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4749183.ece
And on the other hand...
What can sharia courts do in Britain?
Islamic judges can resolve disputes by agreement but cannot grant divorces or punish crimes.
By Joshua Rozenberg
Last Updated: 11:05AM BST 15 Sep 2008
“Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain,” claims a Sunday newspaper. The Government has “quietly sanctioned” powers for sharia judges to rule on divorce case, its report insists.
The truth is much more prosaic. The report produces no evidence to suggest that the Government has sanctioned any powers for sharia judges at all, quietly or otherwise. And a sharia court in Britain has no power to grant a divorce that is valid in English law.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...692/What-can-sharia-courts-do-in-Britain.html
So who's making stuff up, and what is really going on? Perhaps, some of our British members can shed more reliable light on the matter.