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February 01, 2013

The Times: High Court opens way to Sharia divorces

by Frances Gibb
The Times

 The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts has been opened up by a landmark legal decision.

A Jewish couple have had their divorce settlement under Beth Din, rabbinical law, approved by the High Court. The decision is thought to be the first in British legal history where an English family judge agreed to refer a divorce dispute to a religious court.  

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