UK: Judges could be forced to bow to Sharia law

Posted by Raymond on April 27, 2009 4:00 AM

The archbishop of Canterbury's predictions on [1] sharia law's "inevitability" in the U.K. keep coming closer to fruition. "EU judges want Sharia law applied in British courts," from the [2] Daily Mail, April 26:

Judges could be forced to bow to Sharia law in some divorce cases heard in Britain.

An EU plan calls for family courts across Europe to hear cases using the laws of whichever country the couple involved have close links to.

That could mean a court in England handling a case within the French legal framework, or even applying the laws of Saudi Arabia to a husband and wife living in Britain...


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/04/uk-judges-could-be-forced-to-bow-to-sharia-law.html

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[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024873.php
[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173779/EU-judges-want-Sharia-law-applied-British-courts.html#