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Looks like we just got our first Sharia Court. Nice place we have become. I guess in a few years at least we will have the option of going to a stoning to add to recreational activities in the UK.
Looks like we just got our first Sharia Court. Nice place we have become. I guess in a few years at least we will have the option of going to a stoning to add to recreational activities in the UK.
Have to concur with southdown and ask blackrabbit from whence he assumes. It's quite clear from the referenced article that the Sharia courts are working in conjunction with the British legal system. The UK has always been a melting pot of cultures and religions and it's always unfortunate when ignorance and bigotry get in the way and perpetuate divisiveness. Cheers!
I see no objections to the "Beth Din" from you rabbit..Why would that be different to you??
Just for good measure, it also operates in the US.. The Beth Din of America
I can’t definatively say yeh or nay without coming across as an Islamophobic. On one hand it’s worked just fine for years in this country, so let it continue. Just as I am also not against Beth Din which I’ve been aware of as my first high school was in a predominantly Jewish area of North West London.
However, it's quotes like this that makes me fearful:
"The majority of cases heard in the courts involve divorce or financial disputes, but one reported case involved a gang of Somali youths who were allowed to go free after paying compensation to a teenager they had stabbed.
In 2006 an Islamic Council sitting in Woolwich, south-east London, heard the case of the Somali gang, who had been accused of stabbing another Somali teenager and were reportedly arrested by the police.
Aydarus Yusuf, a youth worker, told Radio 4's Law in Action programme that the suspects were released on bail after the victim's family said the matter would be dealt with by the Islamic community. "All their uncles and fathers were there," said Mr Yusuf".
"So they all put something towards that and apologised for the wrongdoing." The Metropolitan Police said it was unaware of the case, but admitted that officers sometimes did not proceed with assault cases if the victim decided not to press charges.
Mr Yusuf told the programme that he felt more bound by sharia law than by the laws of his adopted country. "Us Somalis, wherever we are in the world, we have our own law,'' he said. "It's not sharia, it's not religious, it's just a cultural thing.''
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for sure islam is the most true religion then other religions but for sure
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but for sure
