.... Ross and I spent about an hour talking about issues such as the application of the two legal heritages in Britain, making it plain that in the courts of England the law of England was and must remain paramount but that what people did privately to sort out disputes was up to them, unless it led to oppression or unfairness or affected the rights of others under the law of the land.
Sharia councils do not operate in public and may not have the same regard to the rights and interests of women in family disputes or inheritance cases. [politics.co.uk] Read more [via Islam in Europe]
