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What do Sharia courts mean for Britain's belief in equality under law?

Updated on 17 September 2008

By Samantha Haque

Sharia courts are now legally binding in Britain. More4 News asks what this actually means?

There is no talk of cutting burglars' hands off, but does the state-sanctioned involvement of Islamic jurisprudence in matters of marriage and property undermine the principle of equality under the law?

Samantha Haque reports.

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