With the help of higher education, Sharia law seems to be gaining a foothold in Britain.

Thus this disturbing item in the Sunday Mercury:

A Muslim college in the Midlands is running the UK’s first official sharia law court. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal has already used sharia law to decide the outcome of more than 100 civil disputes between Muslims across the UK since it opened its doors last December. The tribunal, which operates alongside the British legal system, was set up by scholars and lawyers at Hijaz College Islamic University in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The Archbishop of Canterbury prompted controversy when he said use of certain aspects of sharia law seemed “unavoidable”. And recently, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, said there was no reason why it could not be used for contractual agreements and marital disputes.