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Ban Sharia Courts in Great Britain. British law must rule and be the ONLY law.

Submitted on Thursday 30th March 2017

Rejected on Wednesday 5th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

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

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Ban Sharia Courts in Great Britain. British law must rule and be the ONLY law.

Petition Details

There must be no more appeasement of immigrants to the UK.
Great Britain must have only one set of laws, which must be decreed by Parliament and used in British Courts.
Any Religion, Culture or Creed must abide by British Law only.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.


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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