and kweenisha was banned for starting this topic 
but the truth remains the truth.
If Yorubas and Nigerians allow these sons of usman dan fodio to do this,I will destroy my Nigerian passport.

osisi*:

and kweenisha was banned for starting this topic
but the truth remains the truth.
If Yorubas and Nigerians allow these sons of usman dan fodio to do this,I will destroy my Nigerian passport.

davidylan:

You still consider Nigeria your country?
Ya better move on and claim your adopted country. That banana republic is a disgrace.

ibkaye:

Sharia ko

If Yorubas and Nigerians allow these sons of usman dan fodio to do this,I will destroy my Nigerian passport.

osisi*:

you better go and find a tailor that makes a stylish burqua
before they give you a generic type
sharia my bakassi

Frizy:

@poster

Is that your headache . Or was he referring to you.

davidylan:

Oh break a leg dude.  

Sharia in Lagos . . . why? Is Nigeria now a caliphate?

Frizy:

Well, I see nothing wrong in having ideas to make it one.

osisi*:

and you expect us to celebrate that "noble"idea ?

Better not destroy that passport yet. It still has some value. Imagine if you were caught in the situation in Mumbai and all you had was your American Passport!?   So you see, that passport could save your life under the "right" circumstances.

Frizy:

Well, I see nothing wrong in having ideas to make it one.

Frizy:

As a matter of fact, not everybody is excepted to celebrate its advent. When we know fully well the level of corrupt and indecent practices among the majority.

davidylan:

typical muslim - inconsiderate, intolerant, hypocrites.
Would you also be welcoming of Mosaic laws in Lagos?

We have sharia law in Saudi Arabia . . . we know how corrupt they are. Lets not even mention northern nigerian cesspools of poverty and raping of the national treasury.

Frizy:

@davidlyan

This is not the religious section but I want to make things clear. It is not a matter of being inconsiderate, what a group of people hold sacred is rather an indoctrination that is believed to put their affairs in order. Does the Sharia say we should kill Christians because of their belief? Absolutely not, since Nigeria has tried different models that were all unsuccessful, what is wrong in implementing one advocated by a Supreme Being whose Laws have not contradictions or problems if followed with sincerity?

Frizy:

These people you keep mentioning are either apostates or hypocrites hiding in Islam.

grafikdon:

Sons of Usuman Dan Fodio better give up the idea of dipping their book in the Atlantic ocean since every available space has been taken by the books Amadioha, Sango, Christ, Olumba Olumba. . . etc etc. . . The sooner they wake up from this pipe dream, the better. . .

lucabrasi:

@post
i really don't see this as a huge worry even if it is introduced, from my understanding of sharia law it is only used on people who chose to not forced down anyone's throat, united kingdom which is one of the pillars of christianity has allowed sharia law as a bye law to be practices by the muslims in addittion to the english laws and is actually used in marriages and settling of other issues if you chose to be bound by it

lucabrasi:

@post
i really don't see this as a huge worry even if it is introduced, from my understanding of sharia law it is only used on people who chose to not forced down anyone's throat, united kingdom which is one of the pillars of christianity has allowed sharia law as a bye law to be practices by the muslims in addittion to the english laws and is actually used in marriages and settling of other issues if you chose to be bound by it

"Church of Scotland backs Islamic sharia law courts." The Scotsman. Scotsman Publications. 2008. HighBeam Research. 9 Dec. 2008 <http://www.highbeam.com>

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THE Church of Scotland last night welcomed the possibility of introducing sharia law courts in Scotland.

Rev Ian Galloway, convener of the Church and Society Council, said sharia courts had been unfairly portrayed following the Archbishop of Canterbury's comments in February that it "seems unavoidable" that parts of Islamic sharia law would be adopted in the UK.

Yesterday, The Scotsman revealed the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal, based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was holding secret talks with lawyers and community groups about setting up sharia courts north of the Border.

Mr Galloway said: "What is being brought to us is not some kind of parallel jurisdiction that replaces our legal system; rather it is a space, within a given community, for disputes to be resolved."

But he added that sharia courts must meet three crucial standards - they must not preclude recourse to the courts, must not break fundamental tenets of the Human Rights Act and the rights of women must be respected.

NICHOLAS CECIL, JASON BEATTIE. "Sharia courts already in operation across London ; Senior clergy join attack on the Archbishop as it emerges that Islamic trial 'freed knife teenagers'." Evening Standard - London. Associated Newspapers Ltd. 2008. HighBeam Research. 9 Dec. 2008 <http://www.highbeam.com>.

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SHARIA law "courts" are already dealing with crime on the streets of London, it emerged today.

The revelation came after the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, called for an "accommodation" with parts of the Islamic legal code in a speech which attracted widespread condemnation.

Dr Williams is today under pressure to step down after he was attacked by his own senior clergy including the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Tom Butler.

The Archbishop said parts of civil law could be dealt with under the sharia system but already some communities have gone much further and it was revealed today that a teenage stabbing case among the Somali community in Woolwich had been dealt with by a sharia "trial".

Youth worker Aydarus Yusuf, 29, who was involved in arranging the hearing, said a group of Somali youths were arrested by police on suspicion of stabbing another Somali teenager.

The victim's family told officers the matter would be settled out of court and the suspects were released on bail.

A hearing was convened and elders ordered the assailants to compensate the victim. "All their uncles and their fathers were there," said Mr Yusuf. "So they all put something towards that and apologised for the wrongdoing." The Met said it could not find any record of an incident corresponding to the alleged Woolwich stabbing.

A spokesman said:"We pursue all investigations to a conclusion and do not defer to any other court system." The exact timing of the stabbing described by Mr Yusuf is unclear, which could explain the Met's inability to find a trace of it.

An Islamic Council in Leyton also revealed that it had dealt with more than 7,000 "divorces" while sharia courts in the capital have settled hundreds of financial disputes.

Today's revelations came as MPs suggested it was time for Dr Williams to step down amid condemnation from the Government and the Opposition.

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard said: "The Archbishop has many attributes but perhaps it's time for him to have a very long sabbatical." Dr Williams's comments have bitterly divided the Church and there has even been talk among some clergy of a bishops' revolt to oust the leader of the Church of England.

One vicar said: "It's like sending a postcard to al Qaeda saying we have lost the will to defend our western values." But others sprung to the Archbishop's defence, including the Bishop of Hulme, the Rt Rev Stephen Lowe.

He said: "The way he has been ridiculed, lampooned and treated by some people and indeed some of the media within this process, is quite disgraceful.

It is a shame on our nation." Along with the Islamic Council in Leyton, there are reports of at least two other sharia courts sitting in London.

There are also courts in other areas of the country with high Muslim populations, including Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, Birmingham and Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Most are understood to concentrate on divorce cases although such judgments are not recognised in British law as well as financial disputes.

Those involved say the advantage of such hearings is they can avoid the need for formal, and expensive, litigation in civil courts and offer a relatively simple way of resolving disputes.

Suhaib Hasan, a spokesman for the Islamic Sharia Council in Leyton, said he and his colleagues dealt with more than 200 cases a year, ranging from inheritance to marriage and divorce.

"From the beginning, people have wanted our services. More and more come back to us. Each month we deal with 20 cases," he said.

Religious leaders, Cabinet ministers, equality chiefs and MPs all lined up to attack Dr Williams after his speech to the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday.

The Bishop of Southwark also spoke out against sharia law being brought into the country. He said: "It will take a great deal more thought and work before I think it's a good idea." Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme whether the Church of

England leader should have been more diplomatic, Dr Butler said: "The Archbishop has a way with language but this was a very heavy lecture." He admitted that Dr Williams had entered a "minefield" with his views on sharia and it was not clear whether he would start to backtrack. He said: "Like all bishops I'm waking up this morning to a shoal of emails from clergy asking what's going on." Culture Secretary Andy Burnham criticised the Archbishop's stance on giving sharia some form of legal status in Britain. He said: "This isn't a path down which we should go. You cannot run two systems of law alongside each other. That in my view would be a recipe for chaos, social chaos. British law has to be based on British values." Leading Christian Tory MP Peter Luff said the Archbishop should stick to promoting his Church's values. He added: "His job is not to make it easier for extreme Islam views to gain a foothold in the UK." Gordon Brown also intervened to say he believed "British laws should be based on British values".

Dr Williams claimed allowing sharia to be used to resolve family and financial disputes could help social cohesion in Britain and people should choose which legal system to use.