Not a law in this country as far as I know.

Use it as much as they like in a Muslim country.

Should it be recognised though? And used?

I'm in no way saying it should be used, just curious I suppose.

Are you serious! no.

Can you imagine the chaos it would cause of having two separate laws in one country.

Could we use Christian laws in a Muslim country,i think not.

In my experience you respect and abide and respect the laws of the country you are in or have 2 choices...fall foul of the law or leave.....simples.
This from someone who managed to get banged up in Nigeria....not good.

Very fair point of view and one I share.

funnily enough we do, with the government allowing the muslims to set up a form of shariah court to apply shariah law in regards to divorce and inheritance.

Crikey - and I thought I was a grumpy old pessimist.

There are a wealth of reasons why we have the problems in society that we have now. Not all of them are down to the actions (or inactions) of Government and none of them are the inevitable result of a liberal society. The growth of an ignorant and idle underclass is nothing new - it was a huge issue in Vctorian times for example, and that can hardly be classed as a liberal society.

You've obviously never heard of Beth Din then, it's only been operational in this country for the last 300 years or so

The responsibility for basic subsistence remains with the home state rather than the host state. EU immigrants without jobs qualify for a small number of non-contributory benefits that have practically zero impact on the UK economy. It really isn't the issue that the tabloids would have you believe.

That's the point I'm making though (as Kosh has touched on above). Things are not 'worse than ever' now, either in politics or society in general. There's a lot of negativity and scare-mongering goes on in publications like the Daily Mail who would have us believe that the simple act of stepping out of your front door leaves you at a 96% chance of being raped and killed by an illegal immigrant, but the fact is, whilst there are undoubtedly areas of the country that are not particularly safe, 'society' as a whole isn't much worse (if any worse) than it was 50, 100 or 150 years ago.

Yes, I have actually, but the difference being The shariah courts have wrongly been allowed to make judgements on domestic violence, which is a criminal offence, and therefore juristiction of the police, whereas as far as I'm aware, Beth Din doesn't