Islamic courts cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes as Government endorses sharia

by Steve Doughty
Daily Mail
October 25, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/987/islamic-courts-cleared-to-deal-with-family

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Islamic courts have been cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes.

Sharia tribunals will be able to decide how a Muslim couple divide their money and property and who gets the children.

The sole proviso from Jack Straw's Justice Ministry is that a formal law court must rubber-stamp the ruling.

This would be in the form of a two-page form sent to a judge sitting in a family court. The divorcing couple would not need to attend.

The decision follows nine months of controversy over the role of tribunals run according to Islamic strictures.

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