Shariah Courts in Britain

Recent reports on the operations of Shariah courts in the UK , such as that of Edna Fernandes in the July 4th London Mail on Sunday often cobble together many fragments of prior and flawed reportage and analysis.

But they miss the main point: traditional Islam holds that Shariah cannot be introduced into non-Muslim countries, and that Muslim immigrants are required to obey the laws and customs of non-Muslim countries in which they seek to reside.

This principle dates to the life of the Prophet Muhammad and cannot be legitimately challenged. We believe Muslims have no need for the importation of Shariah law into Britain or elsewhere in the West. According to our survey, the majority of British Muslims follow the established guidance requiring their obedience to Western authorities, and prefer to live under Western legal standards than under Shariah. [Center for Islamic Pluralism] Read more