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Q&A: Sharia law explained (BBC News)
The BBC News website looks at how the system of Sharia law works and fits into society.

Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge (Daily Mail)
The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims.

Voiding of Lesbian Divorce Upheld (Gay City News)
In a case involving a trial judge who granted a divorce to a couple he did not know included two women, the Oklahoma Supreme Court unanimously upheld that judge's decision to vacate his order granting the divorce.

Top judge's call to allow Sharia law for Muslims raises stink in UK (New Kerala)
London, July 4 : The senior most judge in the UK has inflamed a dead controversy by saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law. Earlier this year, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had suggested that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain.

Sharia law could have a role in UK, says top judge (icWales)
A NEW row over Islamic sharia law broke out last night after the most senior judge in Wales and England said it should have a role in the legal system.

Christie Brinkley divorce trial goes nuclear (MSNBC)
Attorneys in the Christie Brinkley divorce trial painted opposing portraits of their clients as the explosive case began its second day. A court-appointed psychiatrist’s report yet to be introduced says Brinkley is consumed by rage, said the lawyer for her estranged husband, Peter Cook. But it also says Brinkley should get primary custody of the children, her lawyer said.

Woman won't divorce husband, set on fire (HT via Yahoo! India News)
A 23-year-old housewife was allegedly burnt by her in-laws on Sunday for refusing to divorce her husband. Shamim, a resident of a slum in Santacruz, married rickshaw cleaner Feroz Sheikh four years ago. Ever since, her mother-in-law Kusumbi (45) and elder sister-in-law Yasmin (25) started harassing her, police said. They allegedly taunted and abused her. Often, Kusumbi, who was a domestic help, ...

Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK's top judge (Evening Standard)
The most senior judge in England tonight gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims. Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal principles could be employed to deal with family and marital arguments and to regulate finance.

Divorce on the rise as couples feel the pinch (icWales)
AN increase in the numbers of married couples seeking a divorce has become the latest trend attributed to the current credit crunch.

'Divorce' canceled after lesbian union proven fraudulent (WorldNetDaily)
An Oklahoma trial court that granted a "divorce" after a same-sex duo and a lawyer apparently conspired to conceal the genders of the couple rightly canceled the decree when it discovered the facts, according to the state Supreme Court.