Sharia courts have been operating in Britain to rule on disputes between Muslims for more than a year, it has emerged.
Five sharia courts have been set up in London, Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester and Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The government has quietly sanctioned that their rulings are enforceable with the full power of the judicial system, through the county courts or High Court. Previously, the rulings were not binding and depended on voluntary compliance among Muslims.
Lawyers have issued grave warnings about the dangers of a dual legal system and the disclosure drew criticism from Opposition leaders.
Given this fact, I don't really see it as much of a problem. If these silly people want to be held accountable for their actions under stupid religious law, then so be it - I'll stick to normal UK law.
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yep...have to agree this is what happens when a goverment fails to act when cultural attributes of an inwardly migrating population fails to integrate with the laws of the country they're are coming to.
Yeah, this is just a use of agreed legal arbitration. It's no big deal, there is no official recognition being given to any other legal system or mode of belief here, nor is any such belief being given any form of extra power.
So this is nothing to do with appeasement or anything like it. It woud however, be the most staggering discrimination if it was outlawed. As that article noted, many communities have been using their beliefs for such arbiotration for a long time.
Nothing has changed.
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Please acquaint yourself with the facts of this matter properly before making such comment. What you suggest there is not happening in any way and hence is irrelevant to what he said.
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There tends to be this hysterical knee jerk reaction by most people, I find it quite odd - it's quite clear that these people are volunteering to be judged under this system, so who cares?
Complaining about wasted tax money is all well and good, but they are inhabitants of this country, too; I think we're stepping into dangerous territory when we allow certain religious practices, organisations etc tax money, then restrict others.
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Yeah, I don't really think any religious practices should be awarded any money.
It doesn't seem like this costs the taxpayer more than another approach, so how they negotiate their desputes shouldn't really be anyone's concern, as long as it is within the countries laws.
so nobody is concerned with the extra-judicial patriarchy in Muslim communities?
we all agree that letting immigrant groups become more insular is going to encourage an end to, say, forced marriage, honor killings and female circumcision?
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