UK: Pushing the Sharia (and polygamy) on unsuspecting Brits
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008Dangerous liaisons
Is there really any place for polygamy in English law, as a leading Muslim figure recently argued?
The bodies of the Knights Templar were surely spinning under their effigies last night, as someone they would have regarded as an infidel delivered a lecture within the walls of Temple Church entitled “Family Law, Minorities and legal Pluralism: Should English Law give more Recognition to Islamic Law?”.
Sharia Court, UK
“We realized that under the Arbitration Act we can make rulings which can be enforced by county and high courts,” said Siddiqi. (Islam Online)
The lecture focused on Islamic marriages and divorces in this country, with Sheikh Faiz ul-Aqtab Siddiqi (of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal) speaking candidly on many areas. One such topic was that of polygamy, and the refusal of English law to recognise such relationships. Siddiqi boldly stated:
















