Sharia law is spreading

by gjorta | November 29, 2006 at 04:03 am

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A stabbing case involving Somali youth in south-east London was handled by an unofficial Somali "court" instead of the English justice system.

Mr Yusuf told the programme he felt more bound by the traditional law of his birth than by the laws of his adopted country. "Us Somalis, wherever we are in the world, we have our own law," he said. "It's not sharia, it's not religious â it's just a cultural thing."

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