>> What happens if one of the parties has in reality had no real say in
>> the matter(s), has got to the point where they feel the need to take the
>> legal course they are on and have bravely taken that step... and would like to
>> look forward to the unbiased British law that should protect them?
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>> Why should they become a 2nd class citizen?
As we've already established I have a more nuanced view of Islamic divorce than you do. As in different sects of Christianity there is considerable variation between and within the branches of Islam. The idea that a man simply needs to pronounce the word for divorce three times in quick succession may be true in certain extremes but according to my Muslim former colleagues it's not typical. More common are forms where the pre-divorce period is characterised by attempts to mediate between the parties and their families; something English/Welsh justice is moving towards now
I was not however advocating the wholesale formal adoption of Islamic divorce. My suggestion was that Family Mediation, already now a requisite prior to divorce, could be provided on an Islamic basis. That is not a barrier to access to 'unbiased' British Law. It could also be argued that a formal recognition would reduce the opportunity for the sort of misogynistic pressures and practices which you invite us to infer exist.
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