Truly Shocking
In my last post I expressed concern at recognising alternate legal systems in English Law when they bring such different principles into play. A truly shocking example of the practices carried out in the name of religion / culture is this story regarding the forced marriage of children as young as 10 in Yemen. The girl in the article managed to escape her marriage after 3 days, having been raped, and is now, aged 12, seeking a divorce.
I don’t say for a moment that English Sharia courts would condone such practices, but stories like this do show the very different vaulues other systems can represent and the need to keep English Law’s independence.