[b]Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge[/b]

Islamic Sharia law could have a role in mediation in England, but the country will never have Islamic courts that can impose their own judgments, the top judge said on Thursday.

In a speech, Lord Chief Justice Nicholas Phillips waded carefully into an issue that caused outrage when the Archbishop of Canterbury discussed it earlier this year.

"There is no reason why Sharia principles, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution," Phillips said in a speech at the East London Muslim Centre. ...

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