Sharia: a law unto itself?

by Jonathan Wynne-Jones
Telegraph (UK)
August 8, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1570/sharia-a-law-unto-itself

Excerpt:

After being beaten repeatedly by her husband – who had also threatened to kill her – Jameela turned to her local Sharia council in a desperate bid for a way out of her marriage. Today she discovers the verdict. Playing nervously with her hands, the young mother-of-three listens as the panel of judges discuss whether they should grant her a divorce.

The council meets once a month at the Birmingham Central Mosque. Many of the cases relate to divorce and involve the husbands and wives entering the room separately to make their appeals.

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