|
|
 |
Revealed: UK's First Official Sharia Courts
Even though the government said it would not happen!
Highlights from attached article
- ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain , with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence.
- Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi, whose Muslim Arbitration Tribunal runs the courts, said he had taken advantage of a clause in the Arbitration Act 1996.
- Jewish Beth Din courts operate under the same provision in the Arbitration Act and resolve civil cases, ranging from divorce to business disputes. They have existed in Britain for more than 100 years
- Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “The MCB supports these tribunals. If the Jewish courts are allowed to flourish, so must the sharia ones.”
- Muslim tribunal courts started passing sharia judgments in August 2007. They have dealt with more than 100 cases that range from Muslim divorce and inheritance to nuisance neighbours.
- in a recent inheritance dispute handled by the court in Nuneaton , the judges on the panel gave the sons twice as much as the daughters, in accordance with sharia. Had the family gone to a normal British court, the daughters would have got equal amounts.
- In the six cases of domestic violence, Siddiqi said the judges ordered the husbands to take anger management classes and mentoring from community elders. There was no further punishment.
- In each case, the women subsequently withdrew the complaints they had lodged with the police and the police stopped their investigations.
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne and Sydney have Jewish courts, or Beth Din, which rule on divorce, conversions and adoptions.
A proposal was put forward by Australian Muslim leaders to Howard government minister Peter McGauran in April 2005, but was rejected.
Australia's attorney-general Robert McClelland ruled out the introduction of Sharia law in Australia. "The Rudd government is not considering and will not consider the introduction of any part of Sharia law into the Australian legal system," Mr McClelland said.
That is what the British government said!!!!!!! 
|
