Islamic Sharia Council repay the dower to receive an Islamically recognized divorce. The Islamic Sharia Council must recognise a British divorce, by virtue of the law of the land, if the petitioner shows them a decree absolute. However, the Islamic Sharia Council is displeased if the dower remains unpaid. Writer, broadcaster and academic Myriam Francois-Cerrah has pointed to "serious problems" with the councils, citing a case in which a Muslim woman seeking advice was reportedly directed to a "controversial cleric" who urged her to give up her custody dispute with her husband and "hand over full custody of her seven year old child"
Application of Islamic law by country a mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law. Article 7 of the constitution identifies sharia as source of law in matters of personal status and inheritance among members of communities to which it applies. Ghana is a secular state. Any other laws inconsistent with the national constitution are deemed null and void. No religious laws are applied in civil or criminal cases . It has a mixed legal system of civil law and customary law. It has a civil law system. Islamic law is applied by Kadhis' Courts where "all the parties profess the Muslim religion". Under