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Non-Muslims turning to Sharia courts

Laila

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Increasing numbers of non-Muslims are turning to Sharia courts to resolve commercial disputes and other civil matters, The Times has learnt.

The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) said that 5 per cent of its cases involved non-Muslims who were using the courts because they were less cumbersome and more informal than the English legal system.

Freed Chedie, a spokesman for Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siqqiqi, a barrister who set up the tribunal, said: “We put weight on oral agreements, whereas the British courts do not.”

In a case last month a non-Muslim Briton took his Muslim business partner to the tribunal to sort out a dispute over the profits in their car fleet company. “The non-Muslim claimed that there had been an oral agreement between the pair,” said Mr Chedie. “The tribunal found that because of certain things the Muslim man did, that agreement had existed. The non-Muslim was awarded £48,000.”

He said that the tribunal had adjudicated on at least 20 cases involving non-Muslims so far this year. The rulings of the tribunal are legally binding, provided that both parties agree to that condition at the beginning of any hearing.
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Non-Muslims turning to Sharia courts to resolve civil disputes - Times Online

Heh, now this is slightly surprising. Talk about a twist
i find the idea and guts of using sharia courts against a muslim who has been dodgy amusing. I can imagine that the business man never expected a non-Muslim to use Sharia against him
 
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WEll imagine the loopholes in 1 book that claims to be answer to everything.
 
Indeed.
Must be a very special book for it to still be applicable to modern society :cool:
 
Laila said:
Indeed.
Must be a very special book for it to still be applicable to modern society :cool:
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popularity doesent mean special
 
mikhail said:
popularity doesent mean special
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Islam isn't that popular. Only about 1 billion follow it. There are 6 billion people on this earth
 
Laila said:
Indeed.
Must be a very special book for it to still be applicable to modern society :cool:
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What is so special about it huh nothing just like th e other so-called Special Books out there.
 
Scorpion89 said:
What is so special about it huh nothing just like th e other so-called Special Books out there.
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To me personally or generally?

Depends on whether you personally hold the other books special.
The torah and Bible are special in the sense that they are abrahamic but little more after that
 
Laila said:
To me personally or generally?

Depends on whether you personally hold the other books special.
The torah and Bible are special in the sense that they are abrahamic but little more after that
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Your not getting it all of them have nothing special all they are is just books that is all just like a Romance Novel or Porn Mag nothing more nothing less.
 
Scorpion89 said:
Your not getting it all of them have nothing special all they are is just books that is all just like a Romance Novel or Porn Mag nothing more nothing less.
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Ofc they are all books.
But some people hold them as special and important to them.

I have a very prized and treasured collection of shakespeare, Austin and Bronte
 
Laila said:
Ofc they are all books.
But some people hold them as special and important to them.

I have a very prized and treasured collection of shakespeare, Austin and Bronte
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So why should a Religous Special Book be used for any form of Law then.
 
Scorpion89 said:
So why should a Religous Special Book be used for any form of Law then.
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Because enough people with the power to make it so have decided to use it as such.

Or enough people with the power to prevent or allow it have not prevented it.
 
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