Leading Muslim jurists on Friday welcomed comments by Britain's chief justice supporting a role for Shariah law in resolving disputes. The Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said in a speech on Thursday that there was no question of Islamic law replacing English law. However, "there is no reason why Shariah principles, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution." Shaykh Faiz Siddiqi, a barrister and chair of the governing council of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, said Friday that critics of any use of Islamic law failed to recognize that both parties had to agree to any form of dispute resolution in Britain. Shamim Qureshi, the presiding judge of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, said the application of Shariah law could be useful in settling disputes...
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