DWP Find a Job site posts £23,500 Sharia admin position at Didsbury Mosque. Job demands degree in sharia law and prior work in sharia courts in Muslim countries. MPs demand immediate removal for promoting parallel Islamic justice system. Britain hosts up to 85 sharia councils issuing marriage and divorce rulings. Sharia councils operate as arbitration services legal under UK Arbitration Act 1996. Independent MP Rupert Lowe calls sharia fundamentally incompatible with British law and way of life. Reform's Zia Yusuf states only one legal system exists in UK. Nigel Farage claims Islamic influence destroys British values. Tory MP Peter Bedford blames out-of-control civil service. Manchester Islamic Centre insists sharia services stay within UK law. Job advert requires boundary-setting to avoid emotional involvement in cases. Mosque plans to reword advert after backlash and threats. DWP says advert placed by independent charity with robust guidelines. Sharia not legally recognized courts but provides civil arbitration and religious guidance. UK allows faith communities religious arbitration for civil disputes not overriding law.
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