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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
When Canadian Muslim tried to have Sharia family courts set up, they pointed to the existence of Christian and Jewish family courts, and said it was discriminatory to deny Muslims the same recourse. And they were right, so all of the faith-based courts we abolished. Which is a good thing, IMHO.
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Ironically the only faith based courts in England that had any standing was the Anglican ecclesiastical courts and they had their powers removed in the nineteenth century I believe, although they still rule on church property law, if you buy a house in the UK you might find yourself liable for a portion of repair costs to your local parish church, there's even specific insurance to cover this.
Sharia courts, like rabbinical and Roman Catholic ecclesiastical courts in the UK are purely private matters, if a couple wanted to apply their ruling to a British court they'd need to have their lawyers approach the court and jointly request it, typically the courts will reject the requests if they think the terms unfair, which happens frequently.