The Evening Standard
The Law Society was accused of ‘promoting’ shari’a law on March 25, after issuing guidance on wills that comply with the Islamic system.
The advice for solicitors in England and Wales covers shari’a-based wills, which discriminate against women. Under shari’a, male heirs ‘in most cases receive double the amount inherited by a female heir of the same class’, the guidance says. It adds that non-Muslims ‘may not inherit at all’, ‘only Muslim marriages are recognised’ and adopted children should be ‘excluded’ from wills.
Campaigner Peter Tatchell said the Law Society ‘should withdraw its guidelines shari’a assisting or promoting law in the UK’. The Sunday Telegraph called the guidance a ‘worrying development’, as it said in an editorial, ‘promoting shari’a is part of the radicals’ anti-integration agenda’.
