85 sharia courts in UK, says report

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:03 AM EDT

Article Source: Guardian Unlimited

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There are as many as 85 sharia courts operating in Britain, according to a new report.

Academic Denis MacEoin, the report's author, said the existence of the courts practising Islamic law could lead to different legal standards being applied to Muslim and non-Muslim citizens.

He said many of the courts operate out of mosques and their rulings are closed off to non-Muslims.

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alkimija

"This is not a matter of eating halal meat or seeking God's blessing on one's marriage. It is a challenge to what we believe to be the rights and freedoms of the individual, to our concept of a legal system based on what parliament enacts, and to the right of all of us to live in a society as free as possible from ethnic-religious division or communal claims to superiority and a special status that puts them in some respects above the law to which we are all bound."

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#1 - Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:03 AM EDT

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Irene-498401

The report states: "Among the rulings ... we find some that advise illegal actions and others that transgress human rights standards as they are applied by British courts."

I think a ruling by an official court of law cannot be 'illegal.'

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#1.1 - Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:46 AM EDT

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alkimija

The sharia courts are neither official nor legal.

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#1.2 - Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:52 PM EDT

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Irene-498401

oh!

Well, then I'd have to say I'm against them.

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#1.3 - Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:03 PM EDT

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