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UK: Sharia Councils ?undermine social cohesion?

By Alliance Alert

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Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin, writing in the Shropshire Star: "Since the 1996 Arbitration Act, Government ministers have allowed Islamic tribunals around Britain to rule on a range of financial disputes, provided both parties agree to accept the court?s decision. But in recent years, these tribunals have developed into fully fledged Sharia Councils ? allowed to settle new disputes, such as divorce, family law, and faith issues. These powers go well beyond the letter and spirit of the original legislation and whilst they provide new ways of dispensing cheap justice they do not always dispense fair justice."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).

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