October 22, 2008 - UK Islamic News
(UK) Law lords say sharia is 'arbitrary and discriminatory'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/joshuarozenberg/3239938/Law-lords-say-sharia-is-arbitrary-and-discriminatory.html
(UK/Lebanon) Woman who fled Islamic law granted asylum in UK
--- "A Lebanese mother and her child who fled to Britain to avoid being separated under their country's Islamic law can stay in the country, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday"
--- "She told immigration officials her allegedly abusive ex-husband would gain custody of their child under Lebanon's Sharia law, which only allows divorced mothers custody of their children until their 7th birthday, at which point custody reverts to the father."
--- "Her application was denied in 2005, but she appealed to the House of Lords, Britain's supreme court. In a submission to the court made in June, human rights group Liberty argued that the Lebanese law 'amounts to a flagrant breach of the mother's (and child's) rights.'"
-- "The court agreed, calling the woman a fugitive from Sharia law."
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5003008.ece
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2414161,00.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_lebanon_asylum_case_2
