What the enforcibility of sharia means

Is the legal enforeibility in Britain of settlements made under sharia law no big deal? Aren’t enforcible arbitration agreements common?

Serge Trifkovic writes:

Muslim activists point out that allegedly similar Jewish family courts (Bet Din) and Catholic marriage tribunals have existed in Britain for many years, but there is a major difference: such courts explicitly claim jurisdiction only over their believers, whereas according to orthodox Islamic teaching shari’a is the only legitimate law in the world, with universal jurisdiction over Muslims and non-Muslims alike. To a devout Muslim the incorporation of shari’a into British law is by no means the end of the affair. It is merely a major milestone on the road that cannot stop short of subjecting all Britons, regardless of faith, to the strictures of Allah’s commandment and Muhammad’s example.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at September 16, 2008 05:04 PM | Send