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Sharia law? It's a set of rules and regulations governing private life and based upon a misogynistic and superstitious interpretation of an outdated religious text. Pretty much like any religiously derived 'law'.
The idea of having 'Sharia courts' in the UK has been blown up out of all proportion. There is no suggestion at all that Sharia law would be introduced in such a manner as to carry the weight of actual law. Sharia courts would be there to provide judgements on family and civil matters for the moslem community in much the same way as similar 'courts' do for the Jewish community. In other words, offering arbitration in matters of divorce and civil disputes based on their own cultural and religious sensibilities to those who wanted to make use of such a body. It would not in anyway outweigh or sit in a similar legal position to the judgements of actual courts.
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