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To ban the practice of sharia law in this country

Submitted on Friday 17th February 2017

Rejected on Monday 27th February 2017

Current status: Rejected

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

Petition Action

To ban the practice of sharia law in this country

Petition Details

Sharia law is against the ideals and values of this country. Also it is a racial attack being justified by Muslims to racially attack christians and being used to spread hatred in the UK.


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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.


We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

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