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Muslims in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, says top judge

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Muslim jurists welcome UK chief justice's support for sharia role in mediation

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04-Jul-2008
        

By: Robert Barr, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - Leading Muslim jurists on Friday welcomed comments by Britain's chief justice supporting a role for Sharia law in resolving disputes. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, said in...

Judge says Sharia aspects OK in Britain

dailyindia.com
04-Jul-2008
        

LONDON, July 4 (UPI) -- Muslims living in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, the body of Islamic religious law, Britain's most senior judge said. Chief Lord Justice Nicholas Phillips' remarks support Archbishop of...

Judge says Sharia aspects OK in Britain

moldova.org
04-Jul-2008
        

Muslims living in Britain should be able to live under Sharia, the body of Islamic religious law, Britain's most senior judge said. Chief Lord Justice Nicholas Phillips' remarks support Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams,...

                   

Madeleine Bunting: Lord Phillips is talking sense on sharia law

guardian.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

Another public figure has stepped into the minefield of sharia law. This time it is the lord chief justice, Lord Phillips, and threaded through many of the comments in his excellent speech are echoes of Archibishop Rowan...

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WALTHAM FOREST: 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...

                   

Sharia Law: The whiff of "well duh"

libdemblogs.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

The tabloid press* (and to a lesser extent, the "quality" dailies) have leapt on comments made by Phillips LCJ** yesterday: "There is no reason why sharia principles, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for...

UK top judge advocates 'sharia law'

expressindia.com
04-Jul-2008
        

Agencies Posted online: Friday , July 04, 2008 at 02:28:31 London, July 4: Reopening one of the most highly charged debates in Britain, a top UK judge has advocated the use of Sharia (Islamic) law, saying there was no reason...

Top judge backs role for sharia law in UK

irna.com
04-Jul-2008
        

Britain's top judge has expressed support for aspects of Sharia law to operate in the UK and that principles should be applied to marriage arrangements. "There is no reason why sharia principles, or any other religious code,...

Bad week for secular Britain - now Lord Chief Justice says sharia law could have a place in UK

newhumanist.org.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

First we have the news that at least 40 faith schools are teaching creationism in science lessons (via a report on More4 news) and now we wake up to discover that Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, thinks that sharia law...

Top British judge backs Sharia principles

indiaenews.com
04-Jul-2008
        

From correspondents in London, England, 03:00 PM IST Britain's senior most judge has put up a strong defence of the country's top Christian priest, saying Sharia principles could be applied to British Muslims without setting up...