7 April 2013 A Crown Prosecution Service investigation of a number of Sharia courts operating in mosques across the country found that these courts may be risking the safety of women by ruling in favor of possibly abusive husbands. … [Read more...] about Investigation Finds Women at Risk in Sharia Courts
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Inside Britain’s Sharia courts
This article describes a new BBC documentary that goes undercover in Britain's Islamic courts. The documentary reveals some shocking discrimination suffered by women. In Leyton Islamic Sharia Council, the oldest and most active such council in the country, scholars hear about 50 cases a month, most of them marital disputes. Nine out of 10 cases brought forth are by women. No … [Read more...] about Inside Britain’s Sharia courts
Three terrorists found guilty of transatlantic jet bombing plot
A court found three men guilty Monday of plotting to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives, in what would have been a "terrorist event of global proportions". Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali was found guilty of conspiring to murder thousands in the plot, whose discovery in 2006 triggered wide-ranging new rules on carrying liquids on commercial … [Read more...] about Three terrorists found guilty of transatlantic jet bombing plot
Saudi women preaching hate in the British mosque that promised to clean up its act 18 months ago
Hardline female ‘preachers of hate’ are radicalising Muslim women at one of Britain’s top mosques. The Saudi Arabian preachers were secretly filmed ordering women to murder gays and ex-Muslims. Undercover reporters from Channel 4’s Dispatches recorded the lectures in the women’s section of Regent’s Park Mosque in London. An unnamed Saudi woman is seen mocking other religions … [Read more...] about Saudi women preaching hate in the British mosque that promised to clean up its act 18 months ago
Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque
Three months after Dispatches: Undercover Mosque won a police apology and libel damages, Channel 4 has announced it is returning to the subject in Undercover Mosque: The Return. Earlier this year West Midlands police and the Crown Prosecution Service paid out a six-figure sum to Channel 4 and Undercover Mosque Hardcash, the independent producer responsible for the documentary, … [Read more...] about Channel 4 announces return of Undercover Mosque