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UK Sharia courts: “I have heard stories of women made to go back to abusive husbands”

Mar 26, 2019 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Of course. What else did anyone expect?

“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34

Muhammad “struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” — Aisha (Sahih Muslim 2127)

“One-man Sharia law councils dealing with religious divorce cases are discriminatory to women, Islamic scholar warns,” by Henry Martin, Mailonline, March 25, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A growing number of ‘one-man’ Sharia councils are leading to discrimination against women, an Islamic scholar has warned.

An independent review into Sharia councils raised the issue of discrimination last year as Islamic law grants men the right to divorce by simply declaring their marriage is over – whereas a woman must gain a scholar’s permission to divorce her husband.

Khola Hasan, scholar at east London’s Islamic Sharia Council, told The Times that there are ‘good Sharia councils’ but some ‘could do a lot better’.

She said: ‘I have heard stories of women made to go back to abusive husbands. These complaints mainly relate to one-man [operations].

‘It may be an imam of a mosque or a madrassa teacher who considers himself to be of a scholarly disposition who announces to the local community, “I am a Sharia scholar and if you have problems, come to me.” ‘

As many as 85 Sharia councils, which offer rulings and advice on Islamic law, were operating in the UK according to the review – which was commissioned by the Home Office.

Ms Hasan added that some councils are operating in houses and in the back rooms of shops, along with some councils which operate entirely through post.

The scholar added that women have visited her Sharia council in order to ‘redress’ rulings of one-man operations, and she has written to ‘these so-called Sharia councils’ telling them their practice is against Islamic law.

Ms Hasan said people must be aware that good Sharia councils ‘are few and far between’ and have websites, trained people and are open and honest.

The Islamic Sharia Council’s website explains that the council formed in 1982, in the Jami’a Mosque of Birmingham, where ‘representatives of ten leading Islamic centres’ met and ‘decided to establish the first Islamic Shariah Council for the United Kingdom’.

It adds: ‘The Islamic Sharia Council was formed to solve the matrimonial problems of Muslims living in the United Kingdom in the light of Islamic family law.

‘The Council comprises of members from all of the major schools of Islamic legal thought (madhab) and is widely accepted as an authoritative body with regards to Islamic law.’

‘This was not just the first shariah council in Britain but in the whole of Europe as well,’ the website claims.

It states the council’s objective was ‘not just to guide the Muslims in matters of their religion and to issue fatwas when needed, but also to create a bench of ulama [the learned ones] who would function as Qadis [magistrate/judge in a Sharia court] in matters such as matrimonial disputes that were referred to them’.

Ms Hasan told the Times the Islamic Sharia Council insisted that men follow ‘formal’ written procedure for a divorce rather than simply declaring the marriage to be finished.

The council’s website states that ‘80% of all letters received by the Council are related to matrimonial problems faced by Muslims in the UK’ and ‘the remaining are related to people asking for Islamic injunctions (fatawa) pertaining to their daily lives.’

The website adds that the ‘majority of matrimonial disputes are initiated by women who are seeking a divorce from their husbands’….

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  1. CRUSADER says

    Mar 26, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern … – Goodreads

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204334-the-wind-in-my-hair

    by Masih Alined, formerly of Iran.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 26, 2019 at 9:31 pm

      Thanks for posting that link. And with a name like “Masih” (which comes from “Messiah”) she is likely Christian or of Christian heritage.

      • mortimer says

        Mar 27, 2019 at 12:56 am

        Or she left Islam and changed her name.

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 27, 2019 at 11:12 pm

          Also possible, Mortimer.

  2. James Lincoln says

    Mar 26, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    “Khola Hasan, scholar at east London’s Islamic Sharia Council, told The Times that there are ‘good Sharia councils’ ”

    In reality, the only “good” sharia council is one that ceases to operate.

  3. gravenimage says

    Mar 26, 2019 at 9:26 pm

    UK Sharia courts: “I have heard stories of women made to go back to abusive husbands”
    …………………….

    Well, good for Khola Hasan for exposing this. But she is either lying or in denial to be surprised by this. This is exactly what Islam teaches.

    And this often happens even when the Muslim husband is threatening to kill his wife.

    • na says

      Mar 26, 2019 at 11:23 pm

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVasVStyRMY
      They are like this , “Jews did New Zealand massacre” lol

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 27, 2019 at 12:27 am

        I knew it was only a matter of time before some Muslim thug made this claim–never mind that Tarrant himself was ranting about “Valhalla” in his “manifesto”.

        That the NZ PM was schmoozing with this creep just a short time ago is appalling. I doubt she will say anything about this.

        Good for David Wood for exposing this, and thanks for the link.

        • na says

          Mar 27, 2019 at 12:45 am

          “Mossad is behind this”. he does not see the person behind him. By the way Mossad,CIA,MI5/6 are worlds dangerous agencies >ISIS>iSLAMOPHOBIA. What we do in internet they watch(NSA) it even comments. ISI is different, they have cooperation with all agencies.
          But in this case and Pulwama attack I have string suspension about Turkey about 90%.
          10 percent believes Swiss knife army/Vatican army.

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 27, 2019 at 11:17 pm

          na, the claim that Mossad, the CIA, and MI5 are the world’s most dangerous agencies is no borne out. I don’t agree with their every action, but they largely act to keep Westerners safe, including against Jihad.

          The world would be a much more dangerous place without them.

  4. na says

    Mar 26, 2019 at 9:48 pm

    Sharia scholar , very professional has a solution “a big task dividing into small modules(sharing to reduce huge impact)”.
    Same If he abuses his wife then solution” allow him to abuse his wives”

  5. CRUSADER says

    Mar 26, 2019 at 11:06 pm

    Horrible thing to abuse another being.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 27, 2019 at 12:28 am

      So true–but this is what Islam is based on–abusing Infidels, abusing non-Muslims, abusing other-sect Muslims, abusing apostates, abusing women and children.

  6. mortimer says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 12:55 am

    WHAT’S THIS ??? “One-man Sharia law councils dealing with religious divorce cases are discriminatory to women, Islamic scholar warns.”

    HUH?

    Islam is now ‘MISOGYNISTIC’?? Say it ain’t so.

    You could knock me down with a FEATHER!

    (sarc/off)

  7. Anne Smith says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 6:10 am

    It is disgraceful that the UK – especially during the six years of Theresa May’s tenure as Home Secretary – has allowed a separate system of law to become established in our country for the benefit or disadvantage of a minority group.
    There should be one law only – the law of the country – for everybody who lives in it.

  8. giuseppe says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 6:11 am

    if you immigrate to the western world.you live by western values.who the hell are these people to change our laws,and push your useless barbaric ideology,on us

  9. na says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 6:26 am

    men at work.”women glow and men plunder” great opportunity.

  10. shortfattexan says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 7:46 am

    “The website adds that the ‘majority of matrimonial disputes are initiated by women who are seeking a divorce from their husbands’”

    Well, duh! If a man wanted a divorce he wouldn’t need to go to a Shariah court – he just has to tell his wife that he is divorcing her and that’s the end of it.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 27, 2019 at 11:19 pm

      Yep. It is only Muslim women who have to deal with the Shari’ah courts.

  11. Georg says

    Mar 27, 2019 at 10:20 am

    BREAKING NEWS:

    Sharia courts act like Sharia courts. Leftists didn’t see it coming.

  12. Battle says

    Mar 28, 2019 at 4:29 am

    Islam Moslem Sharia Court have “Love Your Neighbor”?

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