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Are there Sharia courts in the UK?

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Sharia courts in the UK? Only Sharia councils

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There are no Sharia courts in the UK, only Sharia councils dealing with religious marriages and divorces.

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Asked in chat about Sharia courts in the UK, Mufti Abu Layth says there are none: there are Sharia councils that deal with religious marriages and divorces. He says some of those involved foolishly call them Sharia courts, which makes things difficult for everyone.

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What about Sharia courts in the UK?

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Mufti Abu Layth says there are no Sharia courts in the UK, only Sharia councils dealing with religious marriages and divorces.

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“there are no Sharia Courts in the UK there are Sharia councils which deal with religious divorces and things like that”

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vision his prophecy seen that Islam will even conquer that someday which it did so I feel that may be true and because it was seen as the symbol of utmost power therefore Muslims were obsessed with him I feel many of them fabricated further hadith to kind of encourage these these military expeditions but I do feel that it may have had a a significant that the Prophet may have said it seems very plausible because not so much of because of it but more so

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because it symbolized power in that region what about somebody says Sharia Courts in the UK there are no Sharia Courts in the UK there are Sharia councils which deal with religious divorces and things like that but there's no Sharia Court I know some idiots amongst them call them Sharia Courts once again just fools you know cool saying everybody let's make it difficult for everyone yeah so there are no sharia courts there's just Sharia councils which deal with religious kind of marriages and

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, July 14). Are there Sharia courts in the UK? [Video, segment 2020-07-14-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/29/

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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Are there Sharia courts in the UK?}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {7},
  date = {2020-07-14},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/29/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-07-14-S29, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
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