Sharia Law

There have been recent reports in the Scottish press suggesting that Sharia Law is proposed to be adopted or indeed permitted in Scotland.

This is wholly unacceptable and has no place in the legal system of this country. If individuals wish to settle disputes between them privately according to Sharia law, then that is a matter for them, but where there is recourse to the law of the land, then let it be clear that we have our law that has been established over generations according to either Roman law in Scotland or Common Law in England and Wales and these are the systems that operate.

Sharia law operates in a few moslem countries (the majority of Moslem countries do not in fact operate Sharia law) and that is a matter for them. In Scotland and the UK our system works fine, and let it continue. Those who wish to operate under Sharia Law are free to go to those places where that law operates, just don’t expect it to operate here.