[lit-ideas] Re: Londonistan
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:56:22 -0000
LH> > "There's already a Sharia Law Council for the UK
The Islamic Sharia Council is a family law council not recognised by UK law:
http://www.islamic-sharia.co.uk/
LH>The Government has already
> > started making concessions: it has changed the law so that there are
> > sharia-compliant mortgages and sharia pensions.
The government didn't change the law to allow sharia-compliant mortages; it
changed it so people taking out shariah-compliant mortages didn't have to
pay stamp duty (a tax on house purchases) twice. (As opposed to once for
other mortages.)
I don't know the position on sharia-compliant pension schemes, the
requirement would be that the pension fund's investments are
sharia-compliant, I see no need for a change in law to accomplish this.
Gordon Brown does intend expanding sharia-compliant finance provisions.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
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