The mother-of-two, calling herself Lubna, revealed that she had been beaten, robbed and raped by her estranged husband despite being the British courts banning him from approaching her and which had also awarded her custody of their children.
But family pressure persuaded the British-Pakistani to try and obtain an Islamic divorce in a Sharia court.
Expecting to be treated sympathetically, Lubna said she felt violated when she was instead told to return to her violent husband.
Gita Sahgal, a human rights activist from the One Law for All campaign and Centre for Secular Space, said this is the reality of Sharia courts which are operating across Britain.
She said many Muslim women are being denied their legal rights by Sharia courts which are bypassing the UK’s justice system and telling women British civil divorce does not count in the eyes of Islam. [Daily Express] Read more
