Place for sharia law, 'but not in court'

MUSLIMS in Britain should be able to organise parts of their lives according to sharia law, the country's most senior judge has said. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, backed Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams over his controversial suggestion earlier this year that aspects of sharia law should be adopted in Britain. London's The Daily Telegraph reported Lord Phillips as saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to use sharia to decide financial and marital disputes. In a speech at the East London Muslim Centre, Lord Phillips said: "It is possible in this country for those who are entering into a contractual agreement to agree that the agreement shall be governed by law other than English law." Muslims were free to practise their own faith and live their lives in accordance with those... [read full story]