There are 130 Muslim Sharia courts and over 50 Muslim Sharia councils in Britain.
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- Full FactSharia councils are sometimes called Sharia courts. The Home Office said in 2018 that there were an estimated 30 to 85 Sharia councils in England and Wales but there is no official count.
2026-09-09
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