Islamic Sharia to be integrated into UK law for first time
The British legal system is reportedly set to adopt Islamic law for the first time, allowing solicitors to draw up 'sharia-compliant' wills.
Under the new guidance from the Law Society, solicitors will be free to write wills denying women an equal share of inheritance and exclude non-believers while being compliant with British law, the Metro reported.
Baroness Cox, a cross-bench peer who leads a campaign to protect women from religiously sanctioned discrimination described the move as "deeply disturbing".
Cox said that this violated everything that his campaign stood for, adding that it would make the suffragettes turn in their graves.