Radical Islam is creeping into the West.  In Great Britain in particular, the democratic rule of law is being challenged by Sharia Law, which threatens to topple the Western freedoms and equalities that we hold dear.

An important article citing the growing and troubling influence of Islamic Courts and Sharia Compliant Finance (aka. Islamic Banking) was printed earlier this week in the Jerusalem Post.

Here are some paragraphs worth internalizing…

Dozens of Islamic courts operating in the United Kingdom are “seriously out of step with trends in Western legislation,” according to a report published by London think tank Civitas on Monday.

Denis MacEoin, author of the Civitas report “Shari’a Law or One Law For All?” wrote that Shari’a rulings contained great potential for controversy and could involve acts contrary to UK legal norms and human rights legislation.

“Among the rulings, we find some that advise illegal actions and others that transgress human rights standards as applied by British courts,” MacEoin wrote.

Examples set out in the study include a ruling that no Muslim woman may marry a non-Muslim man unless he converts to Islam, and that any children of a woman who does should be taken from her until she marries a Muslim.

Other rulings, according to the report, approve polygamous marriage and enforce a wife’s “duty” to have sex with her husband on demand.

“The fact that so many Shari’a rulings in Britain relate to cases concerning divorce and custody of children is of particular concern, as women are not equal in Shari’a law, and Shari’a contains no specific commitment to the best interests of the child that is fundamental to family law in the UK. Under Shari’a, a male child belongs to the father after the age of seven, regardless of circumstances,” the report said.