I’m not from the UK, so I’m not sure how the “Sharia Law opt-in” works, but couldn’t you get around the forced marriage law by “both” “volunteering” to settle the matter in a Sharia court?I mean, if you can be forced into the one…
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I’m not from the UK, so I’m not sure how the “Sharia Law opt-in” works, but couldn’t you get around the forced marriage law by “both” “volunteering” to settle the matter in a Sharia court?I mean, if you can be forced into the one…
jeremy: That’s precisely the problem with allowing Sharia law, people that will be victimized under it can easily be forced into accepting it.