Top UK Judge: Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain

3:57 pm on July 3, 2008 by Infidelesto

At this point, I don’t expect anything less than from the religion of multiculturalism in Britain

Daily Mail

The most senior judge in England tonight gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims.

Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could be employed to deal with family and marital arguments and to regulate finance.

He declared: ‘It is possible in this country for those who are entering into a contractual agreement to agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.’

In his speech in an East London mosque Lord Phillips signalled approval of sharia principles as a means of settling disputes so long as no punishments that conflict with the established law are involved, and as long as divorces are made to comply with the civil law.

But his remarks - which give the green light from the highest judicial office to the informal sharia courts already operated by numerous mosques - provoked a storm of criticism.

Lawyers warned that family and marital disputes settled by sharia could leave women or vulnerable people at a serious disadvantage.

Tories said that equality under the law must be respected and warned that outcomes incompatible with English law should never be enforceable.

Lord Phillips spoke five months after Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams surrounded himself in controversy with a lecture in which he suggested Islamic law could have official status and that it could govern marital law, financial transactions and arbitration in disputes.

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  1. Comment by Philip Saenz on 3 July 2008:

    Apparently Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips doesn’t like women. I’m sure the idiot Phillips knows that Sharia Law goes against women. But Phillips probably doesn’t care.

  2. Comment by Storm-Rider on 3 July 2008:

    The camel’s nose is now in England’s tent.

  3. Comment by Saul Wall on 3 July 2008:

    “In his speech in an East London mosque Lord Phillips signalled approval of sharia principles as a means of settling disputes so long as no punishments that conflict with the established law are involved, and as long as divorces are made to comply with the civil law.”

    If the good lord thinks that Islamic legal experts are going to be happy with a bunch of kafirs reading over their shoulders and letting them know what complies with civil law then he is a little out of touch. It is hard to believe that someone who goes to work dressed like an eighteenth (?) century transvestite is out of touch, I know. Maybe he needs to hang around some more modern transvestites.

    And how does one determine if a woman is willing to have her divorce handled by by Toby Turban instead of White-Wig Willie? Why, they ask her of course. And then everyone in her community gets to see if she is a real Muslim or not.

  4. Comment by Pathos065 on 3 July 2008:

    This guys is seriously deranged. What does one expect from the british judiciary these days! The PC brigade strikes again!

  5. Comment by Always On Watch on 4 July 2008:

    This is more than the camel’s nose in the tent! It is legal surrender.

    A country cannot practice two separate systems of the rule of law and still stand as a united country.

    Down and down the flue of dhimmitude slides the UK.

  6. Comment by aishaladon on 4 July 2008:

    I don’t think this is a bad thing, he is not replacing the current las and has said punishments that are more than current law will not be implemented. its just an option for those who want it. if you don’t like it, don’t use it. just like gay marriage. if you don’t like it don’t mary someone of your same sex. people have options and cboices today. you choose your allow them to choose theirs, especially if it a majority vote, apparetnly there are enogh muslims living there to even consider it, and than even enogh that want to use it.

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