Sharia courts rule on sex lives in Britain

10:46 am on August 26, 2008 by Kal

What the hell is wrong with the UK? Allowing this only guarantees that the muslim community will demand more and more, and if the Britons refuse…

Unofficial Sharia courts are governing people’s sex lives in Britain.

By Graham Tibbetts
Last Updated: 1:05PM BST 26 Aug 2008

Finsbury Park mosque

London’s Finsbury Park mosque. Ten sharia courts currently operate in Britain, largely focusing on matrimonial issues Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND

Ten currently operate across the country, with around 95 per cent of their cases relating to matrimonial issues.

Although the hearings have no basis in British law, they are attended voluntarily by Muslim couples to settle disputes without referral to the recognised authorities.

In some cases they can order wives to be more attentive to their husbands’ needs, or deal with releasing spouses from bad or forced marriages.

The first Muslim court was established in Birmingham in 1982 and others have followed in London and the Yorkshire towns of Rotherham and Dewsbury.

Although most of those who attend are from the Indian sub-continent, Sharia courts are also popular among those from Arab and Somalian backgrounds.

Sharia is based on the religious rulings in the Koran, of later judges and on the acts of the Prophet Mohammed.

It encompasses not just enforceable law but moral law too.

Earlier this year the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, came under fierce attack from the Government and his own church for advocating the adoption of parts of Sharia Law in Britain.

“It seems unavoidable and, as a matter of fact, certain conditions of Sharia are already recognised in our society,” he said.

Read the original story in the Telegraph.

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    1. LIKE THE MAN ASK’S-WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE UK?? « Centurean2’s Weblog on 26 August 2008:

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    2. GO ON SUCKERS GIVE THEM THE KEY’S!! « uk1884 on 26 August 2008:

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    3. jennyjen on 26 August 2008:

      WOW, way to have a backbone there Dr. Williams! Does Britain even know what’s going on here? If this wasn’t so sad it would be hilarious!

    4. Frances on 26 August 2008:

      It seems unavoidable and, as a matter of fact, certain conditions of Sharia are already recognised in our society,” he said.

      Recognized by whom in our society?  Perhaps that should re phrased to reflect the actual reality. The issue here is not what is being recognized but what is not being recognized namely; the law of the land which should be recognized by all and in particular by anyone or any particular group who freely choose to live in the West.

      Sharia law demands supremacy over non Muslims and operates on the principle of all or nothing, it  is not subject to negotiation. The better informed among us  know this.  The  elite also knows this but are promoting Islam in Europe while doing everything they possibly can to keep the majority  ignorant of Islam and its history. I imagine it will continue like this, at least until the oil wells dry up!

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