Home Secretary Theresa May described Sharia Law as 'greatly beneficial' to many Britons


The Home Secretary has announced a review into the operation of Sharia courts


There are believed to be around 85 sharia courts operating in the UK

Home Secretary Theresa May described Sharia Law as 'greatly beneficial' to many Britons

The Home Secretary made the controversial remarks as she announced the Government is set to investigate the “misuse” of Islamist law to subjugate women.

Top Tory Mrs May, who wants Britain to stay in the European Union, insisted the inquiry will not look into the legality of Sharia Law courts in a move designed to reassure Muslims.

Instead it will focus on instances where traditional Islamic doctrine is being “exploited” to discriminate against Muslim women.

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There are thought to be around 100 Sharia Law courts operating throughout the UK, dispensing Islamic justice outside the remit of our own legal system.

Judgements handed down by the informal courts have no legal basis, but there are fears their presence means many Muslim women are not getting access to the justice they deserve.

But in a controversial intervention Mrs May today claimed many British Muslims “benefit a great deal” from their existence.

The Home Secretary has announced a review into the operation of Sharia courts

As long as sharia councils exist, minorities within minorities + women will face pressure to use religious 'courts'. https://t.co/MmBbFguJX3
— Secularism UK (@NatSecSoc) May 26, 2016

Furious commenters took to social media today to blast the Home Secretary's comments, which they branded "unbelievable".

Belinda Wood ‏tweeted: "Theresa May hails Sharia Benefits!! What is happening, a home sec seems to want a secondary law system for those seeking to destroy democracy.

Another user called Lithlad ‏said: "While Theresa May explores the benefits of sharia law, Saudi Arabia bans cat photos for being 'too Western'. I hate this septic isle."

And a third, going under the name P.Pink, simply responded: "God help us, from atheist."

Nile Gardiner, a foreign policy analyst and former aide to Margaret Thatcher, was also unimpressed by the comments, describing them as "unbelievable".

There are believed to be around 85 sharia courts operating in the UK

Mrs May's remarks came as she launched a Home Office probe, led by Professor Mona Siddiqui, investigating the treatment of women in cases involving divorce, domestic violence and child custody.

She said: “Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices, and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer.

“A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils, and that is a significant concern.

“There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.

“Professor Siddiqui, supported by a panel with a strong balance of academic, religious and legal expertise, will help us better understand whether and the extent to which Sharia law is being misused or exploited and make recommendations to the Government on how to address this.”

Theresa May INSISTS many British people “benefit a great deal” from guidance offered by Sharia teaching......Hmm interesting
— Ernie Warrender (@ErnieWarrender) 27 May 2016

The review, which will last up to 18 months, will investigate whether there are instances where British law is being broken in the name of Sharia.

It will also attempt to catalogue the number of Islamic courts and councils operating across Britain for the very first time.

But Mrs May was quick to emphasises that the inquiry will only look at how Sharia ideas were being “misused or exploited” rather than a broader examination of whether the teaching itself discriminates against women.

In a ministerial statement announcing the review Home Office minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon insisted: “It will not be a review of the totality of Sharia law, which is a source of guidance for many Muslims in the UK.”

Professor Siddiqui added: “At a time when there is so much focus on Muslims in the UK, this will be a wide ranging, timely and thorough review as to what actually happens in Sharia councils.”

But Baroness Cox, an independent peer who has spearheaded a Parliamentary drive to rein in unofficial Sharia courts, said there was a danger the inquiry could be a “distraction” from the urgency of tackling discrimination.

She said: “I think the Government may well say ‘let’s wait until the results of the investigation’ but we need action now.

“My reservation is that it won’t get to the root of the problem. A lot of Muslim women I know say that the men in their communities just laugh at this proposed investigation, that they will go underground so the investigation will have to be very robust.”

She also blasted Mrs May’s insistence discrimination against women is only a result of a “misuse” of Sharia teaching, rather than the teaching itself.

The peer said: “I believe in freedom of religion and I believe that there are aspects of Sharia law that are totally unproblematic.

“If Muslims want to fast, well Christians do that at Lent, if they want to pray five times a day, that’s more than I do.

“But the aspects which are causing such concerns - such as that a man can divorce his wife by saying ‘I divorce you’ three times, that is inherent, the right to ‘chastise’ women is inherent, polygamy is inherent.

“I don’t think those things are a distortion or Sharia law.

“These are aspects of Sharia law which are unacceptable.”
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all of Shariah-Law is unacceptable!

And that Home-Secretary is an Idiot!
Doubt if that Horse's Patoot would chose to live by it,but it,of course is OK for the Peons!

getting a little sick of the British anyway...

LONDON — London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan Wednesday promised to help Hillary Clinton defeat Donald Trump in November’s presidential election — insisting the race for the White House was now “personal.”

Khan, the first Muslim leader of any major Western capital, said Clinton should use his mayoral campaign as a “template” because he had seen off a “Donald Trump approach” to elections in the U.K.

The London mayor, who insisted he was not a “Muslim leader or Muslim spokesperson,” said Trump’s proposed ban on anyone of Islamic faith entering the U.S. affected his own family because it would stop his teenage daughters visiting Disneyland.

In contrast, he said he would “love” to see a Clinton victory because he could not imagine a better role model for his 14-year-old and 16-year-old daughters.

Answering questions from international reporters in City Hall, central London, Khan blamed David Cameron for the Conservative campaign against him, which sought to link him to Islamist extremists. Khan claimed this amounted to suggesting his faith “was a hindrance” to his ability to do the job.

He said: “It was the Conservative Party whose campaign it was from the top.”

“I think what we’ve shown — and I hope it’s a lesson that Hillary and others in American take on board, hope does trump fear, forgive the pun,” Khan said.

The new mayor also revealed he plans to travel to the United States before the end of the year because of Trump’s pledge to introduce a “complete shutdown” on Muslims entering the country.


He aimed his most fierce criticism at Trump and his “ignorant” view of Islam. “The idea of making an exception for me because I’m the Mayor of London demonstrates how little they understand,” he said.

Khan added: “Let me make it clear, I am not a Muslim leader or a Muslim spokesperson, I really am not. I am the Mayor of London.

“I accept though that part of who I am is a Muslim. I accept that in the current climate I have a responsibility to remind people that mainstream Islam is compatible with Western liberal values.”

Khan also gave his full backing to the under-fire Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe, saying: “The commissioner came to the signing-in ceremony and we had a full meeting on Monday. He understands the mandate I’ve got in relation to the things I want do — neighborhood policing, knife crime — he’s fully committed to that agenda and I have full confidence in him.”

Hogan-Howe has been under increasing pressure over his handling of a case involving Lord Bramall, the former head of the British Army, who was falsely accused of historic child abuse.

He also revealed the mayor of Paris had warned she would “roll out the red carpet” for businesses fleeing London in the event of Brexit.

just a mayor, just in this article alone is sticking his nose into 2 other countries business...

http://www.politico.eu/article/sadiq-khan-vows-to-help-hillary-clinton-defeat-donald-trump-us-presidential-election-america-president/

It is outside the law. And therefore will not stand up in court.
It doesn't matter if it is England or any other country. Each country already has it's own. And in many countries, like the England, they already have an official religion.

Some states here, have banned Sharia entirely. And I am sure more will follow.