.... Among its proposals is that it be made clear to the bride and groom at Islamic weddings that the ceremony is not a marriage under British law, and that this has implications in terms of property and custody rights.
Another clause – “the one with the sharpest teeth” – makes it a criminal offence to operate in a way that imitates a court. “I went to a divorce hearing recently in a sharia court in the East End of London. The room was arranged just like a courtroom, with three men sitting up behind a bench looking down on us. The woman in question was intimidated into silence because, as she told me later, she believed it was to be a proper constituted court.”
[A COMMENT] 'In Britain’s 85 sharia courts and councils, she says, sharia “seeps” into enforcing divorce settlements, ignoring domestic violence and deciding access to children, all properly the preserve of British law.'
It doesn't 'seep' in - it is actively encouraged by our weak and incompetent Government, whose latest contribution is to alter British law to accommodate Sharia Law in the finance industry.
[ANOTHER] I take it Scottish Law,or English Law is allowed in British Courts in Saudi Arabia or any other Islamic country overseen by British Judges for British ex pats. Dream on they wouldn't allow it nor should we.
This country is based on one legal system and one legal system only. If they don't like it then they should hit the road and leave we don't want them here. [The Telegraph] Read more
