‘Women unwittingly entering polygamous marriages in UK’

Apr 13, 2016 by

From The Christian Institute:

Women are suffering under sharia law in the UK, a Peer has warned, as she cautioned against getting trapped in a “labyrinth of inaction” on the issue.

Baroness Cox told the BBC’s Daily Politics show that she believes in the freedom of religion and belief, but that sharia law ‘inherently discriminates’.

Noting that some women are entering into polygamous marriages without realising, Lady Cox said women are being left “desperately unhappy”.

Baroness Cox, a Patron of The Christian Institute, has introduced a Bill in Parliament to restrain the operation of sharia councils in England and Wales.

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