Sharia Councils in the UK: A Warning About Parallel Legal Systems
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A Times of London investigation reveals that the United Kingdom has quietly become the Western hub for Sharia councils—religious bodies that arbitrate Islamic marriages and divorces outside the formal legal system. While these councils are not officially recognized as courts, their influence is real, particularly in Muslim communities where many marriages are conducted religiously but never registered under civil law.


