GB News host Martin Daubney has torn into the Head of Domestic Policy at Pickthall House, after he claimed that there are "free choices under Sharia Courts".
Jacob Edwards branded Martin a "woke feminist" for defending women against the practices of Sharia Courts, with the GB News host accusing Edwards of "making a case" for the courts.
Think tank Pickthall House exclusively shared a new report with the People’s Channel, which highlighted the scope of Sharia Councils in the UK.
The report found that Sharia Councils "fail to respond appropriately to crimes they are aware of" and leave Muslim women at risk.
Martin Daubney tore apart Jacob Williams in a heated debate on Sharia Courts
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Around 85 of these so-called councils operate in the UK, with the number potentially being even higher due to the failure to register them as either charities or businesses.
Discussing the report on GB News, Williams made clear that "if they refer to themselves as courts or imply they have legal authority, they should not be permitted".
However, he claimed that Sharia councils are "not supreme to British law, nor should they be".
As Martin slammed Williams for "making a case for Sharia Courts in Britain", Williams hit back: "I defend the rights of all British citizens to conduct the basic principle of voluntary arbitration if they wish to.
Britain has become the 'western capital' for sharia courts, with 85 Islamic councils now operating across the country since the first was established in 1982Getty"What's very important, however, is that it's genuinely voluntary, so that we actually ensure that women are aware of their legal rights, that Sharia councils have an obligation to inform them of their legal rights."
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Highlighting how women's rights are often "dictated to them" in Sharia Courts and many are "living under the patriarchy of Muslim elders", Martin shut down Williams's argument.
Williams took aim at Martin, jibing: "You're sounding like a bit of a woke feminist there."
Martin was outraged, telling Williams: "I'm talking about women's rights being dictated to them by men? Do you think women have equality under Sharia Courts?"
Williams then claimed: "I think that women have equality under British law. You're going to take away a basic right from all British citizens, be they Muslims, Catholics, Jews or anyone else, if you abolish these things.
Martin Daubney clashed with his GB News panel on Sharia Courts
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"What's very important is that women who choose to use these must have their rights made known to them. And where there is abuse, this must be dealt with by the full force of the law."
Martin pressed Williams again, and claimed it is "for the birds" to suggest that that British lawmakers will "go in and exact supremacy" when they're "too afraid to go in, for fear of being called Islamophobic".
Williams concluded: "There may well be cases where, for fear of racial sensitivity or accusations of Islamophobia, authorities have not acted rightly.
"This is the failure of Britain to enforce the rule of law, and we absolutely support a change."
