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Ban sharia laws and courts in England.

Submitted on Tuesday 4th April 2017

Rejected on Friday 7th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban sharia laws and courts in England.

Petition Details

Sharia law and courts in England, make it an illegal offence too enforce sharia laws in England . Sharia law is the law of Islam, it promotes violence towards women and children.

Additional Information

Sharia law is the law of Islam, it promotes violence towards women and children, female genitalia mutilation. It also states that it is ok for grown men too marry and consummate the marriage with children as young as nine. It promotes the degredation of women.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

In a response to a previous petition, the Government said:

There are a number of Sharia councils in England and Wales which help Muslim communities resolve civil and family disputes, by making recommendations, which they hope the parties will abide by. They are not part of the court system in this country and have no means of enforcing their decisions. If any of the decisions or recommendations they make are contrary to national law (including the Equality Act 2010) then national law prevails. This is no different to any other council or tribunal - whether or not based on Sharia principles.

You can read the full response here:

petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/48352

It is therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take, since Sharia councils already operate under British law in the UK.

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