The accommodation of arbitration systems to govern private and family matters had led, arguably, to the greatest human rights violations of minority women in the UK.
An open letter by an unprecedented number of women’s rights campaigners and organisations raised serious concerns about a government inquiry into the courts and called it a whitewash.
See interviews with One Law for All spokespersons on the courts here:
Sharia Councils, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, 22 August 2016 with Gina Khan and Maryam Namazie
Inside Sharia Councils, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, 11 July 2016
More than 200 women’s rights campaigners have sent a letter to the Home Secretary raising serious concerns about the government-appointed independent review into Sharia councils in Britain. Maryam Namazie and Mona Siddiqui discuss, BBC Radio 4 Sunday, 10 July 2016
Sharia law in UK: family counseling or women abuse? RT, Maryam Namazie debates Spokesperson for Ramadan Foundation, 28 May 2016
Do Sharia councils discriminate against women? BBC World At One, 27 May 2016 with Maryam Namazie
See recent media coverage on the inquiry below:
Sharia BACKLASH: Campaign against Islamic courts steps up – experts BOYCOTT Gov inquiry, Express, 22 September 2016
We need to stop conflating ‘Muslims’ with Islamists, The Freethinker, 29 August 2016
Sharia courts are a human rights scandal, The Freethinker, 29 July 2016
Fresh Concerns Raised About Sharia Courts In Britain, The News Hub, 27 July 2016
Concerns over the Inquiry into Sharia councils must not be Dismissed, Sedaa, 21 July 2016
Inquiry Into Shari’a In Britain Backed by New PM, But Women’s Rights Activists Unimpressed, CNS, 15 July 2016
May’s Sharia Law review ALREADY under fire as new PM set for Number 10, Express, 13 July 2016
May’s inquiry into sharia is not fit for purpose, The Times, 11 July 2016
Refusing to recognise polygamy in the West: a solution or a soundbite?, Open Democracy, 11 July 2016
Polygamy is not a cultural conceit. It is an affront to women, Guardian CiF, 10 July 2016
Sharia courts review branded a ‘whitewash’ over appointment ‘bias’ concerns, Independent, 10 July 2016
Activism Spotlight, sister-hood, 5 July 2017
Nehru’s niece Nayantara Sahgal joins UK women to protest “discriminatory” review of Sharia courts in Britain, Counterview, 4 July 2016
Critics say a UK probe into Sharia courts is a sham, Freethinker, 3 July 2016
Britain probes Sharia courts treatment of women, UPI, 28 June 2016
Britain’s Sharia Courts Under Scrutiny, News Deeply, 24 June 2016
Sri Lankan Muslim Women: Unequal before the law, sister-hood, 7 June 2016