New counter-extremism strategy targets Sharia courts.
The Home Office’s new counter-extremism strategy targets Sharia courts.
Sharia courts and councils, which are used by some Muslims to resolve disputes and have been accused of operating a “parallel system of law”, are one focus of the document.
It says that the Government is “concerned about the way Sharia councils are working in some parts of the country” with “troubling reports that in some areas women have suffered from the way these councils work, either through forced marriage or discriminatory divorce proceedings.”
The strategy calls for an “independent review” into the Sharia courts’ operation.
