Britain's most senior judge has endorsed the use of sharia law in the UK. The UK Daily Mail reports:The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims.Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could be employed to deal with family and marital arguments and to regulate finance.He declared: 'Those entering into a contractual agreement can agree that the agreement shall be governed by a law other than English law.' I wonder if the good judge considers children capable of giving or withholding consent? How about women, who have been brought up to believe they are incompetent to oppose their husband's will?Like a good dhimmi, the chief judge knows his place, and made his remarks not in some courtroom, but in a mosque.For the moment at least, he has a few limits on sharia. According to the article, he said that:legal equality must be respected and that rulings incompatible with English law should...(Read Full Post)