Sharia law to be enshrined in British legal system as lawyers get guidelines on drawing up documents according to Islamic rules - The guidelines on wills could mean women are denied an equal inheritance - Adopted children could also face losing out under Law Society document - The move has been criticised as a backwards step by equality campaigners ... [The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales has] written guidelines for British solicitors on drafting sharia-compliant wills which can deny women an equal share of their inheritance and *** entirely exclude non-believers *** ... The male heirs in most cases receive double the amount inherited by a female heir ... [Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society] said: ...approval to a system that relegates women, non-Muslim and children born out of wedlock to second class citizenship. ... ***Laws determined by Parliament should prevail over centuries-old theocratic laws***. We should have ***One Law for All***, not allowing any law to operate which disadvantages any sections of the community. ... But Baroness Cox, who campaigns against religious discrimination against women ... told the Sunday Telegraph: This violates everything we stand for. It would make the Suffragettes turn in their graves.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:48:52 +0000
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