Speaking of Britain: 

"Sharia courts now operate in most larger cities, with different sectarian and ethnic groups operating their own courts that cater to their specific needs according to their traditions," he says. These are based on sharia councils, set up in Britain to help Muslims solve family and personal problems..."

""...Faizul Aqtab Siddiqi, a barrister and principal of Hijaz College Islamic University, near Nuneaton, Warwicks, said this type of court had advantages for Muslims. "It operates on a low budget, it operates on very small timescales and the process and the laws of evidence are far more lenient and it's less awesome an environment than the English courts," he said.

Mr Siddiqi predicted that there would be a formal network of Muslim courts within a decade.

"I was speaking to a police officer who said we no longer have the bobby on the beat who will give somebody a slap on the wrist."

"So I think there is a case to be made under which the elders sit together and reprimand people, trying to get them to change.""

Quote from 30 November 2006 Article entitled "Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes." by Joshua Rozenberg at "Telegraph.co.uk."  Entire article can be found here : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=Y3UZA1RZGTHK5QFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2006/11/29/nsharia29.xml

Basically it works like this folks.  First the bleeding heart left guts your countries legal systems to the point that the law is more concerned with the criminal's "human rights" than they are with punishing the criminal and protecting the victims.  Then they open the door to millions of Muslim Immigrants to your country.  Then they allow them to establish parallel courts, first unofficially, then later officially, on the grounds that the legal system the left destroyed is no longer adequate. First they are just "family courts", but then, over time...eventually you end up with areas of your country where the law is Sharia.