I'm not a Muslim, and I don't like organsied religion, but if this only has restriction over Muslims, then its really not that much of an issue, as long as it does not take prominence over the law of the land. If they want to take financial and time strains off our justice system to sort out the affairs statement (financial, marriage, domestic violence) then so be it. Try and think rationally all you islamophobes, its not ideal, but its not the end of the West.
Not to mention, its actually a legally sound system: Sheikh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi, whose Muslim Arbitration Tribunal runs the courts, said he had taken advantage of a clause in the Arbitration Act 1996.
Under the act, the sharia courts are classified as arbitration tribunals. The rulings of arbitration tribunals are binding in law, provided that both parties in the dispute agree to give it the power to rule on their case.
Siddiqi said: “We realised that under the Arbitration Act we can make rulings which can be enforced by county and high courts. The act allows disputes to be resolved using alternatives like tribunals. This method is called alternative dispute resolution, which for Muslims is what the sharia courts are.”