“Muslim women feel a Sharia council ban would disempower them”–(get your head around that!)
Further into it she inadvertently admits that Muselmaniacs do not respect western law; that only the judgement from a “sheykh with Islamic knowledge” Â is acceptable.
Why banning Sharia courts would harm British Muslim women
The calls to ban Sharia councils in Britain, as a way of ending discrimination suffered by Muslim women at the hands of these religious tribunals, is short-sighted and not the best way forward finds Myriam Francois-Cerrah
Back in 2008 when Dr Rowan Williams, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, suggested officially sanctioning Sharia law in Britain could improve community relations, uproar ensued. In the years since “Sharia courts” have never been far from tabloid headlines, but all too often the facts are lost in outrage. The reality is Sharia courts – or more accurately Sharia councils have been operating in the UK since the 1980s, but very little has been understood about how they operate.
Sharia councils are able to provide advice to those Muslims who voluntarily choose to use them to resolve civil and family disputes. Sharia law is Islam’s legal system. It derives from the Koran and the Hadiths, the sayings and customs attributed to the Prophet Mohammed, as well as fatwas – the rulings of Islamic scholars.
Currently, Sharia principles are not formally addressed by or included in Britain’s laws. However, a network of Sharia courts has grown up in Islamic communities to deal with disputes between Muslim families.
There are reported to be around 85 such courts in the UK – however they could be more.
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