Tribunales religiosos en Inglaterra
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Si es que se tiene que enfadar uno …
In Britain, beth din courts do not decide whether a Jewish couple’s marriage should end. They simply put their stamp of approval on the dissolution of the marriage when both parties agree to it. The beth din also adheres to the rules of Britain’s 1996 Arbitration Act and can function as an official court of arbitration in the consensual resolution of other civil disputes, like inheritance or business conflicts.
“People often come to us for reasons of speed, cost and secrecy,” said David Frei, registrar of the London Beth Din. “There’s nothing to prevent Muslims from doing the same thing.”
In Britain’s Islamic councils, however, if a wife wants a divorce and the husband does not, the Shariah court can grant her unilateral request to dissolve the marriage.
Most Shariah councils do not recognize the Arbitration Act, although Mr. Straw has been pushing them in recent months to do so. The main reason for their opposition is that they do not want the state involved in what they consider to be matters of religion.
En resumidas cuentas: los tribunales religiosos islámicos en Reino Unido no quieren reconocer el “Arbitration Act” británico para que el estado no se meta en temas “religioso” como el matrimonio o las herencias. Haceros una idea de la cara que se me ha quedado.
Al próximo que me diga que el matrimonio y las uniones civiles deben ser una cosa distinta creo que le voy a gritar. Y mucho. Es precisamente ese tipo de consideraciones, y tonterías, las que luego dan lugar a que los religiosos ignorantes pretendan mediar y regular la vida de sus crédulos creyentes.
