HebrideanHecateFormer Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali has called for the abolition of Sharia courts in Britain, describing their existence as "absolutely outrageous".
Speaking to GBN America, she condemned the operation of what she termed a "parallel system" alongside British law.
Britain has become the "western capital" for Sharia courts, with 85 Islamic councils now operating across the country since the first was established in 1982.
An estimated 100,000 Islamic marriages have been conducted in Britain, with many not officially registered with civil authorities. The councils serve as informal bodies, particularly focused on marriage dissolutions and divorces. Sharia was defined in an official review by theologian Professor Mona Siddiqui as jurisprudence based on Islamic scholars' opinions from the 7th to 13th centuries.
"You've allowed an entire parallel system to take place of a population that has refused to assimilate," Hirsi Ali stated.
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