September 20, 2008 - UK Islamic News
(UK) Sharia law challenges British justice - by Michael Nazir-Ali
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/21/do2103.xml
-- Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali is the Bishop of Rochester
UK Muslim demands shari'a-compliant sentence
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/blogentries/index.html?bbPostId=B9VsocurZJYZCz4domQia5T30Cz7P2fHoBFE1uBEcYrERFEQkB&bbParentWidgetId=B8XscaNGcc9qz4i1oSqmw36f
--- Religious views cause sentencing 'difficulties' -- Noreen Shah
http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/3615179.Religious_views_delay_sentencing/
(UK) Petition to: Stop Islamic Sharia Law being used in Great Britain. Number10.gov.uk
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/sharialawuk/
(UK) Sharia Law Invades Britain, a Fatwa Is Issued Against Sir Paul McCartney (!)–and Hollywood Hoists the Islamic Flag -- by Phyllis Chesler
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/15/sharia-law-invades-britain-a-fatwa-is-issued-against-sir-paul-mccartney-and-hollywood-hoists-the-islamic-flag/
(UK) Counterterrorism Blog's Daveed Gartenstein-Ross -- Has Britain "Adopted Islamic Law"?
-- states "These sharia courts are not designed to apply criminal law"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/has_britain_adopted_islamic_la_1.asp
-- However, reports state that UK sharia courts have been used on criminal cases
-- September 14, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: Criminal sharia judgments
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/christopher_howse/blog/2008/09/14/criminal_sharia_judgments
--- "In six cases of domestic violence, according to Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi, of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, judges ordered the husbands to take anger management classes and mentoring from community elders. There was no further punishment."
