Looks like the Brits have their first sharia courts which are classified as tribunals -shiver- just as the Archbishop_of_Canterbury suggested just seven months ago. Here are some excerpts from the Times article. Is it possible that an Obama presidency could pave the way for sharia courts here?

"ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases...

There are concerns that women who agree to go to tribunal courts are getting worse deals because Islamic law favours men.

Siddiqi said that in a recent inheritance dispute handled by the court in Nuneaton, the estate of a Midlands man was divided between three daughters and two sons.

The judges on the panel gave the sons twice as much as the daughters, in accordance with sharia. Had the family gone to a normal British court, the daughters would have got equal amounts.

In the six cases of domestic violence, Siddiqi said the judges ordered the husbands to take anger management classes and mentoring from community elders. There was no further punishment..."

Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts - Times Online