By Our Courts Divided

ON Wednesday The Daily Telegraph reported on a somewhat disturbing comment made by one Aydarus Yusuf, a 29-year old Somali immigrant, on the BBC radio programme Law in Action. Mr Yusuf, who has lived in Britain for 15 years, said: 'Us Somalis, wherever we are in the world, we have our own law. It's not Islamic, it's not religious - it's just a cultural thing.' He then admitted that he is involved in just such an unofficial law court - or 'gar' - which convenes in south-east London and has in the past presided over a dispute involving a stabbing. A sobering piece on the usurpation of British law by foreign imports – particularly Sharia law - can be accessed here.