Sharia Law in the UK

Islamist Watch provides an update on various official responses to the reports that UK courts are enforcing sharia law court decisions.

-- The UK minister for race relations, a Muslim, sharply criticized the move, saying sharia courts would only exacerbate the unfair treatment of women.

-- Jack Straw, the Secretary of State for Justice, said of course the UK courts would uphold British law...but it turns out that these same courts often just rubber-stamp the decisions submitted to them.

-- Britain's highest court called sharia law 'arbitrary and discriminatory.' Yet it appears that sharia courts are already handling child custody cases.

So will British authorities uphold British law? Let's hope so - but they'd better get a move on.