Keith, you have to stop going to CRAPITAS for what you hope might be the truth. They are just rag-tag bunch of media-savvy neo-cons with loud opinions.

You again referred to Comment is Free as "our most liberal of all our media". CIF is just an electronic speaker's corner. It is not journalism.

I respect Zeinab Huq, she speaks sensibly and she speaks from a position of authoritative experience. I do not believe there should be ANY religious courts.

But the law of this country does allow religious courts for some, so why not for others? And why do you and others react with such unique vitriol to stories about Islam?

Zeinab's argument is that the "so-called" Sharia courts are unofficial, unregulated and as she says "often nothing of the sort and are more likely to be an imam at the end of a phone".

She goes on to state that her dislike of Sharia ruling stems from the fact that she didn't get as much cash from her father's estate as she would have wished for. Fair enough from her viewpoint, but it's hard for us to judge if and to what extent she was wronged by a Sharia ruling. As the sharia court is not recognised then she would still have had full recourse to the official legal system but we are to assume she did not take it?

But in any event, if we start from the actual position that this country does already allow religious courts then the answer to the "problem" is to develop an approved and regulated / recognised system of Sharia courts for Muslims who choose to use them. Isn't it? I mean, we accept this for Jews, what's the problem for Muslims?

Come and join us on the "one law" bench and stop banging on about Muslims and Islam like this.