I think its a bit of a misconception that Sharia law is extremist in itself and contradictary to the British legal system.

As with Christianity there are extremes. In the Christian church you have the liberals who want to accept gay vicars and the extremist who want to hang gay people. These people to get quite a lot of publicity when in reality the vast majority of Christians are quite moderate.

It really is the same with Islam. Most of what is portrayed as the fundementals of Sharia law is that of extermist countries. It is actually in a lot of cases quite forward thinking.

The jewish community have been able to resolve things according to their own laws for a quite a while and it doesnt cause a problem.

I do agree however that should this be contradictary in principle to British law then it should be not be allowed. We are not about to have stonings in the streets of Newcastle and I am sure that beyond an article in the Times very few of us will see any effect on our daily lives.

Andy