Key quotes from Theresa May in the article:
This review will be a full, independent review to explore whether, and to what extent, the application of Sharia law may be incompatible with the law in England and Wales, such as legislation around equality.
The review will also examine the ways in which Sharia may be being misused, or exploited, in a way that may discriminate against certain groups, undermine shared values or cause social harms.
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A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils and that is a significant concern.
There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.
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Go back until last year, when she first announced the review was going to be set up and you get more balanced stories like this one.
Home Secretary Theresa May pledges blitz on hate preachers and Sharia courts
Quote from the article:
She told the audience at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors that an independent review of Sharia courts was among her priorities for the next Tory government.
There are around 85 of the Islamic courts across the country.
They operate mainly from mosques, settling divorces and financial and family disputes according to religious principle The system, which Mrs May said was used to discriminate against women, will be examined to ensure it supports “British values”.
In the lead up to last years general election she pledged to set up the inquiry into Sharia courts. It took about a year for it to get set up and it's only really just started and won't report until next year, but the pledge was clear and was honoured and at the time she made it, and she set the inquiry up, she would have been assuming she was going to be Home Secretary for the forseeable future.
She has been consistent long term on this issue - about making sure that British law is observed and takes precedence as it should over any religious considerations.
People taking one little quote out of context after she'd set up the inquiry really are being misleading. She was simply reassuring people that if they were following the rules they'd be fine, in the light of attacks from the usual suspects on the left who were trying to portray a sensible review as being 'racist'.
Thank you for that.
L