There should be no law operated except laws passed by parliaments of this country, & in british courts, this sharia law should be clamped down on, scholar of what exactly ? a primitive fiction. Admittedly this guy is performing no more than a counselling role, & as such should be treated as nought more than a counselling center. And should not be allowed to run counter to british law. Muslim women need to realise these courts have no legal basis, you are only bound to them if you wish to be.