Telegraph | News | Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes: "Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes
By Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor
Last Updated: 1:59am GMT 30/11/2006
Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain, a report claims.
Sharia, derived from several sources including the Koran, is applied to varying degrees in predominantly Muslim countries but it has no binding status in Britain.
The Koran
The Koran is one of the sources that Sharia derives from
However, the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action produced evidence yesterday that it was being used by some Muslims as an alternative to English criminal law. Aydarus Yusuf, 29, a youth worker from Somalia, recalled a stabbing case that was decided by an unofficial Somali 'court' sitting in Woolwich, south-east London."
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