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Fresh row over Sharia in U.K.

hindu.com
04-Jul-2008
        

LONDON: The controversy over whether Britain’s 1.6-million Muslims should have the right to practise Sharia laws was reignited on Friday after the country’s senior-most judge, Lord Chief Justice Phillips, said there was no...

                   

The Sharia debate: we can't all be equal under different laws

timesonline.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

Allowing British Muslims recourse to Islamic law would be a charter for male dominance and peer-group bullying Sneakily, Britain's first Muslim Minister, Shahid Malik, has ducked the critics that he will enrage in an interview...

Sharia could be used in Britain, says top UK judge!

zeenews.com
04-Jul-2008
        

Reopening one of the most highly charged debate in Britain, top UK judge has advocated the use of Sharia (Islamic) law, saying there was no reason why such principles should not be the basis for "mediation or other forms of...

A careless talk

spectator.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

The Lord Chief Justice's speech last night at the East London Muslim Centre was, to put it mildly, unhelpful. His point that English law allows people to arbitrate disputes under a pre-agreed set of rules is legally correct....

Sharia will 'inevitably' become part of British law, says barrister

telegraph.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Editor Islamic law will "inevitably" become part of the British legal system and work should start immediately on specific changes, according to a leading barrister. The news comes after Lord...

                   

Muslim group welcomes Chief Justice's Sharia law comments

pinknews.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

A leading Muslim youth organisation has said that the Chief Justice "recognised Britain's diversity" when he said that elements of Sharia law could be used in the legal system. grateful that the Lord Chief Justice has made this...

                   

Top judge carefully re-opens debate about Sharia in Britain

ekklesia.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

Echoing remarks made early this year by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has said that there is no conflict between Sharia principles for conflict resolution and...

Mediation and ADR in England and Wales

britishblogs.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

There appears, on Radio 4 this morning and in some of the press, to be a fundamental misunderstanding amongst many of our journalists as to what mediation is and how it works – or, in many cases, does not work.The evidence of...

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Sharia law could have 'role in UK'

thisislocallondon.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

Sharia law could play a role in some parts of the legal system, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, emphatically ruled out the possibility of sharia...

                   

England’s Chief Justice says Islamic Sharia law could benefit society

dvorak.org
04-Jul-2008
        

Britain’s most senior judge reopened one of the most highly charged debates in Britain last night when he said he was willing to see sharia law operate in the country, so long as it did not conflict with the laws of England and...