.... Under the Bill, it will become a crime punishable by up to five years in prison to falsely claim legal jurisdiction over criminal or family law.
The Bill makes clear that laws against sex discrimination apply to arbitration tribunals, firmly outlawing the Sharia practice of treating a woman’s testimony as worth half that of a man’s.
The Bill was introduced to Parliament yesterday by Baroness Cox. Lady Cox said: “Equality under the law is a core value of British justice. My Bill seeks to preserve that standard. “I have no desire to interfere in the internal theological affairs of religious groups, and my Bill does not do that. [The Christian Institute] Read more
