Posted on 10/25/2008 7:55:31 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
A Government decision to allow Islamic courts in Britain the right to rule on family disputes and divorces has been condemned as discriminatory to women.
Civil rights campaigners are angry that ministers have approved plans to allow Sharia councils in Britain the right to settle disputes regarding money, property and access to children.
They say such tribunals are institutions for male domination which treat women like second-class citizens.
Couples who choose to use the Sharia system must get the ruling rubber-stamped by a judge sitting in an ordinary family court.
But neither party has to attend this hearing and approval can be obtained by filling in a two-page application.
The endorsement of Sharia was announced to MPs by Bridget Prentice, a junior minister, in answer to a parliamentary question.
She said Sharia councils would still have no jurisdiction in England, and rulings by religious authorities would have no legal force.
But she added: "If, in a family dispute dealing with money or children, the parties to a judgement in Sharia council wish to have this recognised by English authorities, they are at liberty to draft a consent order embodying the terms of the agreement and submit it to an English court. This allows English judges to scrutinise it to ensure that it complies with English legal tenets."
Campaigners condemned the plans as unacceptable and said that the rulings were not compatible with English law, while the Conservatives insisted that should be safeguards for women.
Nick Herbert, the shadow justice secretary, said: "There can be no place for parallel legal systems in our country.
"It is vital that in matrimonial disputes where a Sharia council is involved, women's rights are protected and judgments are non-binding."
Another Conservative spokesman, Paul Goodman, the shadow minister for communities and local government, accused the Government
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Coming soon to America
To be totally fair you must also have Jewish courts, RC courts, Amish courts and Christian courts... are you guys freakin’ kidding me?
There is already one in Texas. Government backed.
Right, and if you oppose Shariah, then you’re an Islamophobe, guilty of a Hate Crime.
Here in the USA, Sharia Law can be imposed by the courts through what is known as "State Arbitration Statutes", which arbiitration according to SHaria Law is signed, the arbitration can be enforced as a contract in some states, or as a consent judgement in others.
HORRIBLE. People should not be signing away their constitutional rights,( but they are not called constitutional rights, remember that due process most often applies only to government process.)
Women who break these arbitrations are often punished in secret by beatings and house arrest.
What Knot?
why dont they just stay in their own country if the laws of another country dont suit them.
That is what Muslims and liberals say but ex-Muslims are saying the opposite.
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2008/10/ukex-muslims-come-out-against-sharia.html
Here you go. It is only for divorces for now, but of course now that the door has been opened they will push even harder.
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2008/04/as-we-all-know-islamic-countries-across.html
Wimpy! Wimpy! Wimpy! Do the English know what they are doing to their country? Their very way of life?
Unbelievable. Next they will want beheadings by sword in Trafalgar Square.
I will fight any movement of bringing ANY type of Islamic law to the United States. I don’t think the American public would ever stand for it but these days you never can tell.
This is SCARY stuff. I need to look at some UK newspapers and see how this is playing over there. I just can’t believe the British people would allow this to happen.
The articles all have sources. But here is where the original came from. Hope this helps.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191148.php
Bye-bye U.K.
If Scotland and Wales are smart, they will succeed NOW!!!!
I remember reading a recent article of England’s “brain drain”. Those with money, education and talent are starting to relocate to Ireland, Canada, OZ, US, and New Zealand at a larger-and-larger rate.
At this rate, there will be no more English in England left!!!
The same thing has started in Scotland.
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2008/10/church-of-scotland-backs-islamic-sharia.html
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