http://www.islamisation.fr/media/00/01/725844997.jpg    A Muslim college in the Midlands is running the UKs first official shariah law court. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal has already used shariah law to decide the outcome of more than 100 civil disputes between Muslims across the UK since it opened its doors last December.  The tribunal, which operates alongside the British legal system, was set up by scholars and lawyers at Hijaz College Islamic University in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.  In some Muslim countries punishments handed out under the legal system have included beheadings, public floggings and thieves hands being chopped off.  Faisal Aqtab Siddiqi, a commercial law barrister and head of Hijaz College, who has sat in judgment at a number of the tribunals, said British society was not ready for such punishments.  But he added that if society became more civilised then those who broke the law should expect to receive the highest degree of punishment.  The college opened as an Islamic school for boys in 1994. It teaches Islamic studies and Islamic law alongside a secular education of GCSEs and A Levels.  Between 10 and 15 tribunals are held each month in an informal office at the college, which occupies the former stately home, Higham Hall.  Islamic scholars and lawyers sitting on the tribunal use only shariah law, derived from several sources including the Koran, to decide a wide range of civil disputes involving issues such as divorce, inheritance, and tenancy.  But unlike unofficial shariah courts, which have operated on an ad-hoc basis from UK mosques for some time, the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal does have binding legal status.  Its proceedings are operating in tandem with the British legal system, and decisions challenged by the losing party will be upheld by a county court bailiff or high court sheriff.      http://adrien13127.com/blog/wp-conte...3/no_islam.gif